Abstract: The present invention relates to a language representation method and data structure for updating an IPMP tool, a method for updating an IPMP tool using the same and a client apparatus using the same in protection and management of multimedia contents, by which the IPMP tool can be represented dynamically in order to provide convenience to users. In the language representation method for updating an IPMP tool in an MPEG-21 multimedia framework, an update element, which describes update information of the IPMP tool, is defined as a higher level element; and a location element, which has information on a location allowing the IPMP tool to be carried thereto, is described as a lower level element of the update element.

Abstract: A method for digital watermarking and, in particular, for digital data hiding of significant amounts of data in images and video. The method employs a discrete wavelet transform for embedding gray scale images which can be as great as 25% of the host image data. A simple control parameter is used that can be tailored to either hiding or watermarking purposes, and is robust to operations such as JPEG compression. The method also uses noise-resilient channel codes based on multidimensional lattices which can provide for embedding signature data such as gray-scale or color images. Furthermore, embedded image data can be recovered in the absence of the original host image by inserting the data into the host image in the DCT domain by encoding the signature DCT coefficients using a lattice coding scheme before embedding, checking each block of host DCT coefficients for its texture content, and appropriately inserting the signatured codes depending on a local texture measure.