Patents by Inventor Daniel O. Ramos

Daniel O. Ramos has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10304152
    Abstract: Watermark encoders and decoders can be integrated into operating systems, Internet browsers, media players, and other applications and devices. Such integration enables the watermark-enabled application or device to provide additional functionality and information available via the watermark. The watermark, for example, may link to metadata or actions related to a media object. To exploit this watermark enabled functionality, the integrated application uses a watermark decoder to access the related metadata and actions. The user interface of the integrated application is enhanced to present metadata and actions linked via the watermark. Similarly, watermark encoders may be integrated into applications to convert media objects into enhanced, watermarked objects. A variety of other arrangements and features are also detailed. Many arrangements can be implemented using object identifiers other than watermarks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel O. Ramos
  • Publication number: 20160140681
    Abstract: Watermark encoders and decoders can be integrated into operating systems, Internet browsers, media players, and other applications and devices. Such integration enables the watermark-enabled application or device to provide additional functionality and information available via the watermark. The watermark, for example, may link to metadata or actions related to a media object. To exploit this watermark enabled functionality, the integrated application uses a watermark decoder to access the related metadata and actions. The user interface of the integrated application is enhanced to present metadata and actions linked via the watermark. Similarly, watermark encoders may be integrated into applications to convert media objects into enhanced, watermarked objects. A variety of other arrangements and features are also detailed. Many arrangements can be implemented using object identifiers other than watermarks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Daniel O. Ramos
  • Patent number: 9275053
    Abstract: Watermark encoders and decoders can be integrated into operating systems, Internet browsers, media players, and other applications and devices. Such integration enables the watermark-enabled application or device to provide additional functionality and information available via the watermark. The watermark, for example, may link to metadata or actions related to a media object. To exploit this watermark enabled functionality, the integrated application uses a watermark decoder to access the related metadata and actions. The user interface of the integrated application is enhanced to present metadata and actions linked via the watermark. Similarly, watermark encoders may be integrated into applications to convert media objects into enhanced, watermarked objects. A variety of other arrangements and features are also detailed. Many arrangements can be implemented using object identifiers other than watermarks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Kevin C. Jones, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 8645838
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing content objects within web pages use persistent content identification to identify content signals and associate behaviors with the content signals, such as controlling rendering of the content signals along with other information, such as advertising. One method executes within a user device and automatically inserts code within the web page to fetch remote information used in connection with rendering the content signal in a web page. Another method operates on a server and enhances a content object so that it will have certain behaviors when downloaded and presented with a web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Brian T. MacIntosh, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 8528103
    Abstract: A system manages display and retrieval of image content on a network by identifying the image and linking the image to related information, such as licensing information or usage rights. The system manages the display of image content stored within a network by associating thumbnail images that link to versions of the image content stored on a network. One example is a thumbnail that acts as a bookmark linking to image signal content stored on a distributed network of computers, such as links to web pages accessible on the internet. Corresponding methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Brian T. MacIntosh, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20120045089
    Abstract: Watermark encoders and decoders can be integrated into operating systems, Internet browsers, media players, and other applications and devices. Such integration enables the watermark-enabled application or device to provide additional functionality and information available via the watermark. The watermark, for example, may link to metadata or actions related to a media object. To exploit this watermark enabled functionality, the integrated application uses a watermark decoder to access the related metadata and actions. The user interface of the integrated application is enhanced to present metadata and actions linked via the watermark. Similarly, watermark encoders may be integrated into applications to convert media objects into enhanced, watermarked objects. A variety of other arrangements and features are also detailed. Many arrangements can be implemented using object identifiers other than watermarks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Kevin C. Jones, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 8091025
    Abstract: Watermark encoders and decoders can be integrated into operating systems, Internet browsers, media players, and other applications and devices. Such integration enables the watermark-enabled application or device to provide additional functionality and information available via the watermark. The watermark, for example, may link to metadata or actions related to a media object. To exploit this watermark enabled functionality, the integrated application uses a watermark decoder to access the related metadata and actions. The user interface of the integrated application is enhanced to present metadata and actions linked via the watermark. Similarly, watermark encoders may be integrated into applications to convert media objects into enhanced, watermarked objects. A variety of other arrangements and features are also detailed. Many arrangements can be implemented using object identifiers other than watermarks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Kevin C. Jones, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20100313170
    Abstract: A system manages display and retrieval of image content on a network by identifying the image and linking the image to related information, such as licensing information or usage rights. The system manages the display of image content stored within a network by associating thumbnail images that link to versions of the image content stored on a network. One example is a thumbnail that acts as a bookmark linking to image signal content stored on a distributed network of computers, such as links to web pages accessible on the internet. Corresponding methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Brian T. Maclntosh, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 7685426
    Abstract: A method of managing content, and in particular, managing content on the Internet retrieves a web page that includes an image and detects whether the image included within the web page is embedded with a digital watermark. It generates an indicia associated with an image included in the web page that is embedded with a digital watermark. The indicia indicate to the user which images include watermarks. The watermarks may be used to convey links to related web pages or specific information about the images, such as usage rights and licensing information. Variations of this method create image bookmarks to web pages including images using thumbnails of those images. A content management system comprises a first program for retrieving web pages including images. It also includes a second program for extracting an image from a web page, creating a thumbnail of the image, and forming an image bookmark linking the thumbnail to the web page that the image has been extracted from.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Brian T. MacIntosh, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20090138484
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing content objects within web pages use persistent content identification to identify content signals and associate behaviors with the content signals, such as controlling rendering of the content signals along with other information, such as advertising. One method executes within a user device and automatically inserts code within the web page to fetch remote information used in connection with rendering the content signal in a web page. Another method operates on a server and enhances a content object so that it will have certain behaviors when downloaded and presented with a web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Brian T. MacIntosh, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20020196272
    Abstract: Web pages which contain images are displayed by a browser. A special visual indicia is placed on any the images which contain a digital watermark so that a user can know that the image contains hidden watermark data. By clicking on the indicia which is placed on the image, the user will be linked to the web page identified by the watermark data hidden in the image. Such a link will be established without the web page designer having to include a tag in the web pages design which displayed the original image. The present invention also opens a separate widow which contains a thumbnail of each image in a web page. If a user right clicks on one of the thumbnails in this window the image will be added to a list of images in a special image bookmark file. When a user opens the bookmark web page, thumbnails of all the stored images in the bookmark file are displayed. A user can recall the web page which originally contained the image by clicking on the thumbnail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Brian T. Macintosh, Geoffrey B. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 6421070
    Abstract: Web pages which contain images are displayed by a browser. A special visual indicia is placed on any the images which contain a digital watermark so that a user can know that the image contains hidden watermark data. By clicking on the indicia which is placed on the image, the user will be linked to the web page identified by the watermark data hidden in the image. Such a link will be established without the web page designer having to include a tag in the web pages design which displayed the original image. The present invention also opens a separate window which contains a thumbnail of each image in a web page. If a user right clicks on one of the thumbnails in this window the image will be added to a list of images in a special image bookmark file. When a user opens the bookmark web page, thumbnails of all the stored images in the bookmark file are displayed. A user can recall the web page which originally contained the image by clicking on the thumbnail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel O. Ramos, Brian T. MacIntosh, Geoffrey B. Rhoads