Abstract: The system for content traceability using segmented watermark encoding disclosed herein provides a method for applying a distinct identifier to digital content, such that the a copy of the digital content can be traced to the original recipient of the content. The method comprises generating multiple copies of the digital content and applying distinct digital watermarks to each copy. The method further comprises interleaving segments of each digitally watermarked copy in a pattern that represents a unique identifier, to create a distinctly identifiable copy of the digital content. The identifier can be extracted from a distinctly identified copy of the digital content by examining the watermark applied to each segment that comprises the digital content.

Abstract: A system for presenting dynamic content to a user of a client device is implemented in a method including the steps of presenting a requested data object to the user; and automatically presenting dynamic content to the user in addition to the presentation of the requested data object, wherein the dynamic content includes information provided by a dynamic executable module running on the client device.

Abstract: A system for transparent recovery from a communications disruption during transmission of a data stream from a source computer to a destination computer is implemented in a method including the steps of determining a portion of the data stream that was successfully received by the destination computer and resuming the transmission from a point in the data stream immediately after the successfully received portion.

Abstract: A system for enhancing data access over a communications link is disclosed. In accordance with a particular embodiment, a system for retrieving an object over a computer network includes a network client with a browser for rendering an object to a user and a user interface enabling the user to establish an encoding preference. A remote scaling server is coupled between the network client and the computer network, and includes a remote proxy and an encode service provider. The remote scaling server is configured to request a user-specified encoding preference from the network client, retrieve an object from the computer network using the remote proxy, encode the object using the encode service provider in accordance with the requested user-specified encoding preference, and transmit the encoded object to the network client using the remote proxy. The disclosed system thus enables users to dynamically influence the trade-off between quality of content and download speed.

Abstract: A communications system having a first server and a first client connected to the first server through a first network, wherein the first server selectively sends a set of InfoBites to the first client based on a filter. A method for distributing information for the above communications system, including the steps of deriving a set of InfoBites, filtering the set of InfoBites based on the filter into a filtered set of InfoBites, and, transmitting the filtered set of InfoBites to the first client.