Associating a work with a biometric indication of the identity of an author

摘要

Storing biometric information regarding the identity of an author in association with an artistic work created by the author may assist in properly attributing ownership of rights to the artistic work. To facilitate the association, an apparatus used to create the work may be configured to include a component for capturing the biometric information regarding the identity of the author.

主权项

1. A method of storing an artistic work of authorship at an apparatus configured to capture the artistic work of authorship, the method comprising:
at a sensor:
detecting a fingerprint on the sensor to initiate capture of the work;constructing, based on the detecting, a biometric indication of an identity of an author of the work; andgenerating, responsive to the constructing the biometric indication, a capture instruction; and at a processing device:
responsive to receiving the capture instruction, arranging capture of the artistic work;storing the artistic work at the apparatus; andstoring, associated with the artistic work, the biometric indication of the identity of the author.