Methods and systems for verifying ownership of a physical work or facilitating access to an electronic resource associated with a physical work

摘要

A method and system for allowing owners of a physical work, such as a book, to purchase an electronic version of the work by validating their ownership of the work using a personal electronic device, such as a smartphone, and marking the work. The owner is instructed to mark the work and to capture camera images of the work. The images are analyzed to identify the work, determine whether the work has been previously marked, and to verify that the work has been marked by the owner. Analysis may be performed remotely by a server in communication with the personal electronic device. Various means for authenticating ownership of the work are also disclosed, including 3D analysis, page curvature analysis, concurrent still image and video capture, detection of use of a video display to spoof the work, and geofencing.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for verifying ownership of a physical work, the method comprising:
a) instructing a user to uniquely mark a first specified unmarked portion of the physical work in a specified way; b) instructing the user to capture one or more camera images of one or more specified portions of the physical work, including the first specified portion subsequent to unique marking thereof; c) providing data to a computer, said data including said one or more camera images in digital format; d) analyzing the one or more camera images by the computer to determine whether one or more predetermined conditions have been fulfilled, wherein said one or more predetermined conditions include verification that the user has marked the first specified portion of the physical work in the specified way; and e) upon determining that said one or more predetermined conditions have been fulfilled, verifying, by the computer, ownership of the physical work; wherein said instructing the user to mark the first specified portion of the physical work and said instructing the user to capture one or more camera images is performed by a personal electronic device.