(54) METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS 4,284,846 A 8/1981 Marley FOR
GENERATING AND UTILIZING 4,432,096 A 2/1984 Bunge CONTENT SIGNATURES …

4,677,466 A 6, 1987 Lert et al. 6,286,036 B1 9, 2001 Rhoads 4,682,370 A 7, 1987 Matthews
6,292,092 B1 9, 2001 Chow et al. 4,697,209 A 9, 1987 Kiewit et al. 6,304,523 B1 10/2001 …

CORRESPONDING RESPONSES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROCESSING US
PATENT DOCUMENTS filed on May 14, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part of application …

Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into
them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process …

US PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,902,353 A 5/1999 Reber et al. 5,903,892 A 5, 1999 Hoffert et
al. 4,230,990 A 10/1980 Lert, Jr. et al. 5,905,248 A 5/1999 Russell et al. 4,284.846 A 8/1981 …

The present invention relates generally to fingerprinting, eg, a reduced-bit representation or
other identifier of a media signal (eg, audio, video or still images). One method recites …

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The present disclosure relates to signal processing. One claim recites a method comprising:
receiving an imagery or audio? le; utilizing a con? gured multi-purpose electronic proces …

A system and method customizing a display of a user device based on multimedia content
elements. The method may include detecting a trigger event; identifying a user profile of the …

(57) ABSTRACT A UI involving selection and display from a library of videos, including a
“Mosaic'mode of operation, in which a primarily visual display is made of information about …