发明名称 Method for increasing the functionality of a media player/recorder device or an application program
摘要 A method for utilizing a title signal contained in digital data through a comparison of the title signal to a player signal stored in a player device. The method includes the steps of: downloading the digital data having the title signal via an Internet connection; possibly transferring the downloaded digital data to the player device; detecting, at the player device, the title signal in the data: comparing the title signal to the player signal stored at the player device; and performing an action based upon the comparison. In a preferred implementation of the present invention, the player device is a personal computer and the digital data is either image, video, audio or multimedia data or is an application program for running on the personal computer. Preferably, the player device is a personal computer. In other embodiments the title signal is contained in or part of an application program or is contained in data to be input into the application program.
申请公布号 US6456725(B1) 申请公布日期 2002.09.24
申请号 US19990339541 申请日期 1999.06.24
申请人 SIGNAFY, INC. 发明人 COX INGEMAR J.;MILLER MATTHEW L.
分类号 G06F21/00;G06T1/00;G11B20/00;H04N5/913;(IPC1-7):G06K9/00 主分类号 G06F21/00
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