78025967
Sep 14, 2000
May 11, 2004
Computer software used for linking to electronic networks from media signals, namely from information contained in image signals; computer software for encoding image signals with digital information and for decoding such digital information from such image signals; pre-recorded digital images containing coded digital information, namely, watermarks, embedded therein and stored in media, namely in computer memory and electronic files; and computer software for recognizing information in image signals and for linking to computers through the internet based upon the recognized information
Electrical and Scientific ApparatusBrand promotion services, namely information contained in images to direct consumers to e-commerce and other brand-related internet sites
Advertising and BusinessElectronically linking two or more computer sites together based on digital information in digital image signals; electronic transmission of images containing hidden digital information via computer terminals using images as the hidden digital information carrier, and utilizing digital information in images in communicating ownership and other information using the global computer network
Telecommunications