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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170210 | Device for and a method of processing data stream A device (2300) for processing a data stream (1800), wherein the device (2300) comprises a splitting unit (2305) for splitting adjacent frames (1902) of a partially decrypted data stream (1900), the partially decrypted data ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155315 | Apparatus for and a method of downloading media content A data file reproduction system has a data file supplying apparatus that extracts video data and audio data from a received data file, compresses the extracted video and audio data and produces a compressed data file containing the compressed audio and video data to... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8081755 | JPEG2000 syntax-compliant encryption with full scalability A method and system is provided for encrypting an image compressed with a JPEG2000-based compression with minimal overhead so that the encrypted codestream is compliant with the syntax of the JPEG2000-based compression and can be scaled without decrypting. The encry... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7965841 | Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing data, and computer product A bit string having a predetermined length is added to a head of a data string. The data string to which the bit string is added is compressed to produce a compressed data string. A head part is taken off from the compressed data string. The head part includes from ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953224 | MPEG-4 encryption enabling transcoding without decryption A method and system for encrypting a video compressed with MPEG-4 FGS compression with minimal overhead is provided. The encryption system encrypts the video into independently encrypted segments that can be either a video packet or a video block. When the encryptio... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7801305 | Secure device for the broadcasting, recording and viewing on demand of audiovisual works in a format of the MPEG-2 TS type A process for distributing audiovisual sequences in accordance with a nominal stream format respecting a MPEG-2 TS norm including a succession of TS packets, including analyzing the stream made prior to transmitting to client equipment to generate a first stream in ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801306 | Secure information distribution system utilizing information segment scrambling A method and apparatus for securing and, optionally, distributing an information stream by divided the information stream into a collection of segments and compressing the segments, rearranging the order of the segments and encrypting the segments. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7760879 | Multiple partial encryption A method of encrypting a digital television signal carried out in any operative order involves duplicating packets in the digital television signal so as to create first and second duplicate packets; encrypting the first duplicate packets according to a first encryp... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7702103 | Device for the transformation of MPEG 2-type multimedia and audiovisual contents into secured contents of the same type A process for distributing video sequences according to a nominal flux format including a succession of images, where each image includes a succession of blocks, and in which at least one of blocks in one of the images is calculated by motion prediction relative to ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7680279 | Image display system An image control apparatus in an image display system applies scrambling only to image data which requires content protection and notifies to a display apparatus which pixel or pixels are scrambled. Alternatively, when a plurality of windows are displayed at the sam... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7649994 | System and method for decoding CDMA quality channel A method of decoding symbols in which a first codeword has been spread by a second codeword to recover first information and second information is provided. The decoding occurs jointly, with an overall output determining both the first and second information. A firs... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7609835 | Digital media cartridge system and method A digital media cartridge contains both a controller and memory where the memory stores a digital representation of video and sound in compressed, encrypted form. The controller reads the digital representation, decompresses and decrypts it, converts it into analog ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7564974 | Frame-accurate editing methods and systems Methods and systems enable content authors to achieve frame-accurate editing and, in at least some embodiments, reduce the amount of content that needs to be decompressed in order to operate on the frames. Some embodiments ensure that bit rate integrity is preserved... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7515711 | Methods and apparatuses for encrypting video and for decrypting video An encryption technique and a decryption technique that are applied to video data that is encrypted on a predetermined domain of compressed video data are disclosed. For example, JPEG2000 compressed video data can be compressed using a wavelet conversion. Compressed... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7499546 | Insertion of supplementary information in digital data The invention concerns a method of inserting a suppementary information item in a set of data reprenting physical quantities, the data having been processed by the steps of, a) partitioning (E2) the set into subsets, b) entropic coding (E4) of each of ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7480382 | Image file container An image container file has at least first and second multimedia streams (MSs). The first MS includes first image data representing an image. The second MS includes arbitrary data, which can for example, correspond to: a different representation of the same image; a... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477741 | Analysis resistant cipher method and apparatus A system for encoding and decoding data words including an anti-analysis encoder unit for receiving an original plaintext and producing a recoded data, a data compression unit for receiving the recoded data and producing a compressed recoded data, and an encryption ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7436960 | Methods of use of ipmp data for mpeg-n ipmp (intellectual property management and protection) MPEG-n IPMP system with a wide interoperability is provided. For this purpose, the IPMP_Data_BaseClass is defined, several IPMP data extending from this base class are also defined. IPMP data is the data that describes IPMP information, it includes: IPMP_OpaqueData;... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428639 | Encrypted and watermarked temporal and resolution layering in advanced television A method and apparatus for image compression using temporal and resolution layering of compressed image frames, and which provides encryption and watermarking capabilities. In particular, layered compression allows a form of modularized decomposition of an image tha... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7389420 | Content authentication and recovery using digital watermarks The disclosure describes methods for using digital watermarking to authenticate digital media signals, such as images, audio and video signals. It also describes techniques for using embedded watermarks to repair altered parts of a media signal when alteration is de... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386129 | System and method for multimedia content simulcast A computer-implemented method is described for processing multimedia channels comprising: encrypting a first group of multimedia channels using a first type of encryption to produce a first group of encrypted multimedia channels; encrypting the first group of multim... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382878 | System and method for data encryption A system and method for encrypting and/or compressing an input data string is disclosed. The input data string is divided into a plurality of blocks of data that each contains a plurality of bits of data. A block code is used to identify the size of each of the bloc... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376233 | Video slice and active region based multiple partial encryption A selective encryption encoder and method of dual selective encryption. The selective encryption encoder has a packet identifier that identifies packets of at least one specified packet type, the at least one specified packet type being any of a plurality of packet ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366268 | Selective data inversion in ultra-wide band communications to eliminate line frequencies A method for generating an ultra-wide-band (UWB) having a reduced discrete frequency component defines frame synchronization signal and an inverted frame synchronization signal. As each frame is generated, the method randomly selects the frame synchronization signal... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366917 | System and method for accessing discrete data A method for accessing discrete data includes transmitting a write command to a memory, determining whether each data following a header of the file needs to be encrypted according to a data format of a file that is to be written into the memory, transmitting the fi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360093 | System and method for authentication of JPEG image data A system and method for authentication of JPEG image data enables the recipient to ascertain whether the received image file originated from a known identified source or whether the contents of the file have been altered in some fashion prior to receipt. A unique ha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349539 | Encoding and encrypting devices for secure scalable data streaming A device and method thereof for encoding and encrypting data. The device includes a segmenter adapted to receive the data and segment at least a portion of the data into regions, a scalable encoder adapted to scalably encode at least one of the regions into scalably... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349023 | Camera-integrated video recording and reproducing apparatus, and record control method thereof A video recording/reproducing apparatus combined with a camera adapted to control a target information amount according to the nature and properties of an animated image to be photographed, and a recording control method for the same are provided. A target informati... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343013 | Composite session-based encryption of video on demand content A Video On Demand (VOD) method consistent with certain embodiments involves processing content by selecting first portions of the content for encryption under a selective encryption system and selecting second portions of the content to remain unencrypted. The first... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336787 | Critical packet partial encryption An encryption arrangement for multiple encryption of television programs. A system according to embodiments of the present invention multiple encrypts only a portion of the data required for full presentation of a television program to permit coexistence of multiple... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336788 | Electronic book secure communication with home subsystem The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the system are a subsystem for placing text in a video signal format and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325080 | Data collection system A transfer apparatus transmits template information to each of a plurality of input/output units, wherein the template information indicates an area where an individual data relative to the input/output unit is to be stored in a data fragment. A target bit string in... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320069 | Selective encryption of media data Methods, systems, and data structures are provided selectively encrypting portions of media data that are streamed over a network. Media data is identified and a portion of the data is selectively encrypted. The media data is then streamed over a network to one or m... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319754 | Insertion of binary messages in video pictures A method and a circuit for marking with a binary code a video sequence compressed by motion calculation, from one picture to another, of macroblocks dividing each picture, the digital pictures being distributed in at least two categories according to whether they ar... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7320040 | Data distribution system A transfer apparatus receives, from a controller, a bit string including a plurality of individual data addressed to plural input/output units. The bit string is divided into data fragments. The data fragments are specified as corresponding to a target input/output ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317735 | Scrambler initialization in a wireless local area network A method and system of the present invention includes the creation and transmission of a MAC header that includes a first MAC header portion and at least two scrambler recovery fields arranged on the two sides (before and after) of a header FEC portion. The inventio... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313236 | Methods and apparatus for secure and adaptive delivery of multimedia content Techniques for securely and adaptively delivering multimedia content. It is assumed that a set of alternate access units for each time slot is obtained. Then, the encryption stream index of each access unit from the set of alternate access units of the previous time... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302059 | Star pattern partial encryption A selective encryption encoder consistent with certain embodiments of the invention has a packet identifier that identifies packets of a specified packet type, the specified packet type being defined by packets occurring in a star pattern approximately situated at a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302058 | Method and apparatus for securing control words In accordance with one embodiment, a method for securing control words is provided. The method includes receiving scrambled digital content in a descrambler integrated circuit. The method further includes receiving an encrypted control word in the descrambler integr... | 11/27/2007 |
