MARKED IMAGE FILE SECURITY SYSTEM AND PROCESS

摘要

The present invention is a system and process for inserting a marker inertly within an image file. The marker is inert in that it is nonconforming to file type schema and is positioned within an image file such that the rendered image is not contorted. File activity related to the marked image file is tracked.

主权项

1. An image security process for tracking image file activity within an ecosystem, said process comprising:
identifying an image file of an image file format utilizing predefined format schema adapted to display an image; initializing said image file in a non-native reader program adapted to manipulate file code on a textual level generally and said image file format code and image file content code of said image on a textual level; determining said image file attributes; and inserting a marker inertly within said image file bearing file information as a character string to create a marked image file, wherein said marker includes a common marker identifier that is nonconforming with the format schema of said file format and said file information includes at least a file identity, wherein said marker as inertly inserted fails to alter an output of said image file as said image.