U.S. patent application number 15/583588 was filed with the patent office on 2017-08-17 for creative work registry independent server.
This patent application is currently assigned to Enpulz, LLC. The applicant listed for this patent is Enpulz, LLC. Invention is credited to James D. Bennett.
Application Number | 20170236108 15/583588 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 41415690 |
Filed Date | 2017-08-17 |
United States Patent
Application |
20170236108 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Bennett; James D. |
August 17, 2017 |
CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY INDEPENDENT SERVER
Abstract
An independent server (creative work protection server) that
provides protection to the creative works of authors/artists by
identifying web content in major third party host servers and other
creative work content in database of the creative work protection
server that contain similarities and reporting back to the
authors/artists and major third party host servers. The creative
works of the authors/artists may contain one or more of textual
content, images, audio and video content. The creative work
protection server has components that identify similarities to the
works of the authors/artists (the creative works) and provide
protection by assisting major third party host servers to delete
the content, upon detection of similarities. The service to the
authors/artists of the creative works is provided upon service
charge basis. The creative work protection server provides
provisions for registration, logging in, billing and to receive
periodic results via email or webpage interface.
Inventors: |
Bennett; James D.;
(Hroznetin, CZ) |
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Applicant: |
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Enpulz, LLC |
Austin |
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US |
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Assignee: |
Enpulz, LLC
Austin
TX
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Family ID: |
41415690 |
Appl. No.: |
15/583588 |
Filed: |
May 1, 2017 |
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Current U.S.
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705/40 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 16/683 20190101;
G06F 16/70 20190101; G06Q 30/02 20130101; G06Q 30/0283 20130101;
G06F 16/71 20190101; G06F 16/60 20190101; G06Q 30/04 20130101; G06F
16/95 20190101; G06F 16/50 20190101; G06Q 20/1235 20130101; G06Q
30/0256 20130101; G06F 16/951 20190101; G06F 16/258 20190101; G06F
16/40 20190101 |
International
Class: |
G06Q 20/12 20060101
G06Q020/12; G06F 17/30 20060101 G06F017/30 |
Claims
1. A creative work protection server supporting a plurality of
creative works owners of a plurality of creative works, the
creative work protection server comprising: a communication
interface that supports registration of the plurality of creative
works; data storage that stores a first group of creative works of
the plurality of creative works and a second group of creative
works, the second group of creative works obtained during a search
engine crawling process that identified the second group of
creative works from at least one of a plurality of web hosting
servers hosting the second group of creative works; a processor
that: converts at least some of the first group of creative works
to a predetermined format to generate converted instances of the
first group of creative works; converts at least some of the second
group of creative works to the predetermined format to generate
converted instances of the second group of creative works; and
identifies matches between the converted instances of the first
group of creative works and the converted instances of the second
group of creative works.
2. The creative work protection server of claim 1, further
comprising a billing service that charges a first fee to each of
the plurality of creative works owners for services rendered.
3. The creative work protection server of claim 2, wherein the
billing service further charges an additional fee to each of the
plurality of creative works owners for supporting communications
with at least one of the plurality of web hosting servers, the
communications regarding match-related information; and a first
hypertext markup language interface that supports a display of
match-related information for the plurality of creative works
owners, wherein the display includes an area of work
identifier.
4. The creative work protection server of claim 3, wherein: the
match-related information identifies the second group of creative
works and the first group of creative works associated with the
matches; the first group of creative works comprises a first
portion of the creative works registered by one of the plurality of
creative works owners; and a markup language interface supports
display of match-related information associated with the first
group of the creative works.
5. The creative work protection server of claim 4, the first
hypertext markup language interface supports communication
regarding at least a portion of the match-related information with
the at least one of the plurality of web hosting servers.
6. The creative work protection server of claim 3, wherein the
match-related information includes third-party hosting information
associated with the matches.
7. The creative work protection server of claim 1, wherein the
search engine crawling process includes receiving vectors
corresponding to the second group of creative works, the second
group of creative works comprise web content.
8. The creative work protection server of claim 1, wherein
identifying matches includes determining a correlation between at
least some of the converted instances of the first group of
creative works and at least some of the converted instances of the
second group of creative works.
9. The creative work protection server of claim 1, wherein the
converted instances of the second group of creative works are
generated in response to a determination that the second group of
creative works belong to a common creative area as the first group
of creative works.
10. The creative work protection server of claim 1, wherein the
first group of creative works and the second group of creative
works include image data.
11. The creative work protection server of claim 1, wherein the
first group of creative works and the second group of creative
works include video data.
12. The creative work protection server of claim 1, wherein the
first group of creative works and the second group of creative
works include audio data.
13. A creative work protection server supporting a plurality of
creative works owners, the creative work protection server
comprising: a first communication interface through which the
plurality of creative works owners register a plurality of creative
works; a processing infrastructure that: obtains hosted content
from at least one of a plurality of web hosting servers via a
search engine crawling process, the search engine crawling process
includes identifying the hosted content from at least one of a
plurality of web hosting servers; converts at least some of the
plurality of creative works and at least some of the hosted content
to a predetermined format to create converted creative works and
converted hosted content; and identifies matches between the
converted creative works and the converted hosted content.
14. The creative work protection server of claim 13, wherein the
processing infrastructure further: supports visual presentations
for each of the plurality of creative works owners regarding
information associated with the matches; enables the plurality of
creative works owners to authorize communications regarding the
matches to a selected portion of the web hosting servers, wherein
the visual presentations include an area of work identifier; and
supports communication regarding at least a portion of the
information associated with the matches only with a selected
portion of web hosting servers.
15. The creative work protection server of claim 13, wherein: the
matches identify the hosted content and the plurality of creative
works associated with the matches; and creative works associated
with the matches comprise a first portion of the plurality of
creative works registered by one of the plurality of creative works
owners.
16. The creative work protection server of claim 13, wherein the
matches identify associated third-party hosting information.
17. The creative work protection server of claim 13, the creative
work protection server further comprising a billing service that
charges the plurality of creative works owners for services
rendered.
18. The creative work protection server of claim 13, wherein the
creative works and the hosted content include image data.
19. The creative work protection server of claim 13, wherein the
creative works and the hosted content include video data.
20. The creative work protection server of claim 13, wherein the
creative works and the hosted content include audio data.
Description
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present U.S. Utility Patent Application claims priority
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. .sctn.120 as a continuation of U.S. Utility
application Ser. No. 15/396,753, entitled "CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY",
filed Jan. 2, 2017, which is a continuation of U.S. Utility
application Ser. No. 13/665,693, entitled "CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY",
filed Oct. 31, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. Utility
application Ser. No. 12/482,586, entitled "CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY,"
filed Jun. 11, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,535,993, which claims
priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119(e) to U.S. Provisional
Application No. 61/060,650, entitled "CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY,"
filed Jun. 11, 2008, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by
reference in their entirety and made part of the present U.S.
Utility Patent Application for all purposes.
[0002] The present U.S. Utility Patent Application also claims
priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. .sctn.120 as a continuation of U.S.
Utility application Ser. No. 12/482,624, entitled "CREATIVE WORK
REGISTRY INDEPENDENT SERVER", filed Jun. 11, 2009, which claims
priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119(e) to U.S. Provisional
Application No. 61/060,671, entitled "CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY
INDEPENDENT SERVER," filed Jun. 11, 2008, both of which are hereby
incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and made part of
the present U.S. Utility Patent Application for all purposes.
BACKGROUND
[0003] 1. Technical Field
[0004] The present invention relates generally to Internet
infrastructures; and, more particularly, to creative work
protection.
[0005] 2. Related Art
[0006] Many websites allow their users to, freely or upon some
service charge, upload and post their family audio, video, texts
and images and allow public to view or download these posted
content. That is, these third party servers are specifically set up
for public viewing, access, and download, with minimal supervision.
But some of these media may be copyrighted, are posted without
permission of the respective authors/artists. Some of these are
major websites having multitude of postings, the websites
themselves often are unable to identify copyright violations of
authors/artists of some of these posted audio, video, texts and
images content. The authors/artists also find it hard to constantly
monitor these websites for violations of their rights.
[0007] There are many difficulties in identifying copyright
violations that occur in these websites by their users. For
example, the posting can happen from anywhere around the world and
the authors/artists may have limited jurisdiction to follow upon
these users located in remote locations of the world. The websites
who accept these posting often do not know who posts what, except
if specifically informed so. Thus these websites unwittingly enable
millions of users to become violators of copyright laws. In
addition, the postings constantly change, with new postings
containing audio, video, texts and images content added every
moment and thus making it necessary to monitor constantly.
[0008] Authors/artists spend huge sums to monitor violations of
their works in these websites, and often end up unsuccessful in
their efforts. Since, the website content constantly change, the
authors/artists may have to monitor constantly, which makes effort
as well as financial expenses prohibitive. To all these efforts the
authors/artists often get very little in return. Many websites that
accept posting of material have, in principle, mechanisms involved
to erase these materials from their sites if they receive feedback
from users, but they don't work efficiently, and need to be
monitored constantly.
[0009] These and other limitations and deficiencies associated with
the related art may be more fully appreciated by those skilled in
the art after comparing such related art with various aspects of
the present invention as set forth herein with reference to the
figures.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] The present invention is directed to apparatus and methods
of operation that are further described in the following Brief
Description of the Drawings, the Detailed Description of the
Invention, and the claims. Other features and advantages of the
present invention will become apparent from the following detailed
description of the invention made with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an Internet
infrastructure containing a client device, major third party host
servers and a (web browser accessible) creative work protection
server, wherein the creative work protection server provides
protection for creative works containing texts, images, video and
audio recordings by identifying similarities with web content in
the major third party host servers and database of the creative
work protection server containing texts, images, video and audio
recordings, respectively, and reporting back to registered owners
of the creative works and major third party host servers;
[0012] FIG. 2 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of a registration/login page, that assists owners of
creative works to register or login to the creative work protection
server of FIG. 1;
[0013] FIG. 3 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of an upload page, that assists owners of creative works
to upload their works to the creative work protection server of
FIG. 1;
[0014] FIG. 4 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of a result page containing vital details of the creative
work containing text and report of similarities in the respective
content of database of the creative work protection server and of
the major third party host servers of FIG. 1;
[0015] FIG. 5 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of a result page containing vital details of the creative
work containing video content and report of similarities in the
respective content of database of the creative work protection
server and of the major third party host servers of FIG. 1;
[0016] FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram illustrating components
of the creative work protection server constructed in accordance
with the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the present invention;
[0017] FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram illustrating components
of the creative work protection server constructed in accordance
with the embodiment of FIG. 1, in continuation of FIG. 6;
[0018] FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality of the
creative work protection server of FIG. 1, wherein the creative
work protection server identifies and reports similarity in
creative works containing textual content and images;
[0019] FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality of the
creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, with the
creative work containing texts in consideration;
[0020] FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality of the
creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, with the
creative work containing images in consideration;
[0021] FIG. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality of the
creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, wherein the
creative work protection server identifies and reports similarity
in creative works containing audio and video content; and
[0022] FIG. 12 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality of the
creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, with the
creative work containing audio-video content in consideration.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0023] The following figures illustrate various embodiments of
creative works infrastructures that support creative works rights
protection, revenue collection, and user, author, owner
interfacing. Creative works may be textual, images, video, audio
and video with associated audio. In each of the embodiments,
attempts are made to identify copies or derivatives of such
creative works and to identify unauthorized attempts of storage or
distribution and, if so configured, offer licensing and associated
fee collection. An author/owner need only register at least some
portion of their creative works into some type of registry database
and comparisons can be made with a user's file or stream.
[0024] FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an Internet
infrastructure 105 containing a client device 157, major third
party host servers 141 and a (web browser accessible) creative work
protection server 151, wherein the creative work protection server
151 provides protection for creative works 133 containing texts,
images, video and audio recordings by identifying similarities with
web content in the major third party host servers 141 and database
of the creative work protection server 151 containing texts,
images, video and audio recordings, respectively, and reporting
back to registered owners of the creative works and major third
party host servers 141. Specifically, the creative work protection
server 151 provides protection to the creative works 133 (belonging
to registered users of the creative work protection server 151),
involving textual content, images, audio and video content, by
comparing the creative works 133 with that of other creative works
stored in database of the creative work protection server 151 and
the major third party host servers 141, and generating report about
results of comparison and reporting back to the registered owners
of the creative works 133 and to the major third party host servers
141.
[0025] Typically, the comparison takes place only between similar
content, both with the creative works in database of the creative
work protection server 151 and plurality of the major third party
host servers 141. That is, textual content of the creative works
133 are compared only with other textual content, video recordings
are compared only with other video content, and so on. During
comparison, any similarities between the content of the creative
works 133 and that of content of database of the creative work
protection server 151 and plurality of the major third party host
servers 141 imply likelihood of infringements of the rights of the
registered owner and are reported back, for further actions. The
process of comparison with plurality of web content in major third
party host servers 141 occurs with mutual agreement, soon as the
creative works 133 are loaded and billing agreement/payment are
completed. The creative work protection server 151 compares with
web content only once, thereafter periodic comparisons occur only
between new or changed works, and reports are generated on this
basis and reported back periodically. The creative work protection
server 151, in addition to reporting similarities back to the
registered owners, also performs additional tasks such as reporting
to the major third party host servers 141 regarding the possibility
of copyright violations and also taking some actions such as
assisting to delete the web content, upon consideration, that
violate copyright laws.
[0026] The creative work protection server 151 provides web page
interfaces (refer to the FIG. 2 for an exemplary snapshot of
registration/login webpage interface) to the owners of creative
works 133 that allow them to provide some personal information that
may include user name, password, date of birth, address, email
address, etc. Once registered, the owners of creative works 133 are
provided with web interfaces (refer to the FIG. 3 for an exemplary
snapshot of upload webpage interface) to login any time of their
choice and upload their creative works (the creative works may
contain one or more of textual content, images, audio and/or video
recordings) 133 via web browser 131 to the creative work protection
server 151. The creative work files containing textual content and
images may be any of the standard text, image formats such as
Microsoft Word format, Abode Reader format, `.jpeg` format, and
`.bmp` format. In case of audio and video recordings, the creative
work files may be any of standard audio or video formats such as
MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and WMV. In case of
creative works containing texts and images, the creative work
protection server 151 stores these files in a database and converts
them to a suitable format by separating texts and images before
further processing. In case of creative works containing audio
and/or video recordings, the creative work protection server 151
stores these files in another database and converts them to a
suitable format by: (i) In case of audio, to a predetermined audio
format such as WAV; and (ii) In case of video, by separating audio
and video portions and then converting them to a predetermined
audio and video formats such as WAV and MPEG-2 respectively.
[0027] Once the creative works 133 are uploaded, the creative work
protection server 151 initiates a billing process based upon
certain criteria. The billing may occur at the time of uploading or
periodically. For example, for creative works with textual content
and/or images, the billing may be based upon a fixed price/creative
work 133, fixed price/number of characters in textual content of
the creative work 133, fixed price/image size/image of the creative
work 133, fixed price/report generated for a predetermined period
such as a week or month, etc. For creative works containing audio
and video recordings, the billing may be based upon a fixed
price/creative audio work, fixed price/creative video work, fixed
price/minute of the creative audio-video work, fixed price/report
generated for a predetermined period such as a week or month,
etc.
[0028] After the creative works 133 are acquired and stored and the
billing process/agreement are completed, the creative work
protection server 151 begins processing creative works 133
containing textual content and/or images by segregating textual
content and images and then converting them to a standard
predetermined format and again storing them. Then, the processing
by the creative work protection server 151 continues, by accessing
the web content in the major third party host servers 141 and
database content in the creative work protection server 151
containing textual content and/or images, storing them temporarily
in a database. Then the creative work protection server 151
separates them into textual content and images and converts these
to the same predetermined format. Then, the creative work
protection server 151 compares the textual content of converted
creative work with that of converted web content and database
content and generates a report if similarities are identified.
These reports are stored in a database. Also, for an additional
fee, the creative work protection server 151 reports the
similarities to the major third party host servers 141 via some
arrangement with these major third party host servers 141 and
automatically assists in deleting the web content.
[0029] Similarly, in case of creative works containing audio and/or
video recordings, the processing by the creative work protection
server 151 continues by accessing the web audio or video content or
file attachments in the major third party host servers 141 and
database content of the creative work protection server 151,
storing them temporarily in a database. Then the creative work
protection server 151, in case of audio recordings, converts them
to the same predetermined format that was used in case of creative
work 133 containing audio recordings. In case of video recordings,
the creative work protection server 151 separates audio and video
portions, converts them to the same predetermined formats that were
used in case of creative work 133 containing video recordings.
Then, the creative work protection server 151 compares the audio or
video content of converted creative work with that of converted web
audio and video content and database content, and generates a
report if similarities are identified. These reports are stored in
a database. Also, for an additional fee, the creative work
protection server 151 reports the similarities to the major thirds
party host servers 141 and automatically or by consideration
assists in deleting the web content. Alternatively, the creative
work protection server 151 may also provide provisions for fees for
each upload and download of the web content available in major
third party host servers 141.
[0030] In case of creative works 133 containing textual content,
the comparison between the textual content of converted creative
work and that of converted web content and database content occur
in one of many possible ways. The first among them is comparison of
keywords or phrases (partially determined by the registered owner
of the creative work 133) between the two textual content. This may
be specifically applicable if the keywords or phrases are
registered or copyrighted. Any matches would be considered as
containing similarities. The second among these identifies number
of words or number of sentences that contain similarities between
these two textual content by comparing character by character. The
similarities are considered to be identified if the number of
adjacent characters match beyond a correlation threshold. The
correlation threshold may be, for example, 20 adjacent characters
or 20 adjacent words. Once this correlation threshold is exceeded,
the creative work protection server 151 continues to compare until
all of the similarities are identified and then generates a report
on this basis (refer to the FIG. 4 for an exemplary snapshot of
report). Other methods of comparison are also contemplated.
[0031] In case of creative works 133 containing images, the
correlation between the image content of converted creative work
and that of converted web content and database content occur on the
basis of pixel by pixel comparison. The converted images are
resized to a predetermined standard size and then are compared
pixel by pixel for identifications of similarities. A correlation
threshold may determine that a similarity is identified. Once this
correlation threshold is exceeded (which might be number of
adjacent pixels), for example, the creative work protection server
151 continues to compare until all of the similarities are
identified and then generates a report on this basis. Other methods
of comparison are also contemplated.
[0032] In case of creative works 133 containing audio recordings,
the comparison occurs in one of many possible ways. The first among
them is bit by bit comparison. The similarities are considered to
be identified if the number of adjacent bits match beyond a
correlation threshold. The correlation threshold may be, for
example, 256 adjacent bits. Once this correlation threshold is
exceeded, the creative work protection server 151 continues to
compare until all of the similarities are identified and then
generates a report on this basis. Alternatively, to identify those
web audio content having similarities, that are manipulated in some
way (such as recording using a microphone), the creative work
protection server 151 may resort to converting the recordings to
analog forms and then comparing them. Other methods of comparison
are also contemplated.
[0033] In case of creative works 133 containing video recordings,
the digital signatures are identified and compared as a first step.
As a next step, the comparison of audio portion of the video
recording is performed, which occurs in a similar fashion as the
comparison that occurs in case of audio recordings mentioned
before. If no similarities are found, the video portion of the
recording may be compared. This occurs on the basis of frame by
frame comparison. The similarities are considered to be identified
if the number of adjacent frames match beyond a correlation
threshold. The correlation threshold may be, for example, 256
adjacent frames. Once this correlation threshold is exceeded, the
creative work protection server 151 continues to compare until all
of the similarities are identified and then generates a report on
this basis. Other methods of comparison are also contemplated. The
reports may be presented in case of both audio and video
recordings, in a graphical manner (refer to the FIG. 5 for an
exemplary snapshot of report).
[0034] The creative work protection server 151 contains plurality
of modules to enable the functionalities mentioned in the above
paragraphs. The creative work protection server 151 contains
creative work registration module 153 and creative work
upload/billing module 155 to perform functions of registration,
logging in and billing. The creative work protection server 151
also contains two major modules, viz., creative text-image work
protection module 161, and creative audio-video work protection
module 181. The creative text-image work protection module 161
contains creative text-image work correlation module 163 which
performs textual content and image comparisons, creative text-image
work correlation result generation module 165 which generates
reports, creative text-image work correlation result dispatch
module 167 which delivers reports to the registered owners and/or
major third party host servers 141 and text-image file format
conversion module 169. The creative text-image work protection
module 161 also contains few databases to store data such as
registration information and uploaded creative text-image works.
The creative text-image work protection module 161 contains
creative text-image work registration database 171 and creative
text-image work database 173.
[0035] The creative audio-video work protection module 181 contains
creative audio-video work correlation module 183 which performs
audio and video comparisons, creative audio-video work correlation
result generation module 185 which generates reports, creative
audio-video work correlation result dispatch module 187 which
delivers reports to the registered owners and/or major third party
host servers 141 and audio-video file format conversion module 189.
The creative audio-video work protection module 181 also contains
creative audio-video work registration database 191 and creative
audio-video work database 193.
[0036] For example, an author of a copyrighted material (that
contains several pages of written text and few images or diagrams),
may want to protect his/her work being downloaded from major third
party host servers 141. Therefore, the author decides to register
with the service of the creative work protection server 151. After
registration, the author may upload electronic version of his/her
work in a standard file format and fulfill the billing
obligations.
[0037] Then, the creative work protection server 151 stores this
file, segregates textual content from images or diagrams. The
creative work protection server 151 then converts these textual
content and images or diagrams to a predetermined format. For
example, the textual content may be converted to `.txt` format
while the diagrams or images may be converted to `.jpg` format.
Then, the creative work protection server 151 begins to acquire the
web content and database content and begins the comparison process.
If no similarities are found, then no reports are generated and the
process temporarily ends there. On the contrary, if similarities
are detected, then the creative work protection server 151
generates report that may contain major third party host server 141
details, vectors associated with the web content as well as the
areas of similarity in textual content and images and stores them
in a database. Then, the accumulated reports over a predetermined
period of time such as a day, week or month are formatted in a
readable manner and submitted to the viewing of the author. The
reports may be sent via email to the author, or may be made
available on a webpage upon logging into the creative work
protection server 151. If requests are made by the author for
additional services such as sending reports to the major third
party host server 141, then the reports are generated and sent to
the major third party host server 141 for further
consideration.
[0038] In another example, an artist of a copyrighted rock music
video, may want to prevent his/her work being downloaded (or
played) from the major third party host servers 141 without
permission. Therefore, the artist may decide to register with the
creative work protection service of the creative work protection
server 151. After registration, the artist may upload, for example,
a MPEG-2 format video recording of the rock music and fulfill the
billing obligations. Alternatively, the creative work protection
server 151 also allows the artist to upload the rock music video in
many possible formats.
[0039] Then, the creative work protection server 151 stores the
rock music video file. Then, the creative work protection server
151 converts the audio and video portions of the video recording to
predetermined formats. Then, the creative work protection server
151 begins to acquire the video content from the major third party
host servers 141 and database video content of the creative work
protection server 151 and begins the comparison process. If no
similarities are found, then no reports are generated and the
process temporarily ends there. On the contrary, if similarities
are detected, then the creative work protection server 151
generates report that may contain major third party host server 141
details, vectors associated with the video content as well as the
areas of similarity in the rock music video and stores them in a
database. Then, the accumulated reports over a predetermined period
of time such as a day, week or month are formatted in a readable
manner and submitted to the viewing of the artist, either via email
or via webpage interface upon logging into the creative work
protection server 151.
[0040] FIG. 2 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of a registration/login page that assists owners of
creative works to register or login to the creative work protection
server of FIG. 1. Specifically, the exemplary snap shot illustrated
shows a creative work registration/login page 205 delivered to a
client's browser 295 of client device, that allow owners of
creative works to register and login by providing some personal
information that may include user name, password, date of birth,
address, email address, etc. The creative work registration/login
page 205 delivered may contain a page title such as
`CreativeWorkProtection Web Page (www.creativework.com)` 221. It
may also contain a title such as `CREATIVE WORK PROTECTION.COM` 241
and a tool bar 251 providing access to other pages of the creative
work protection server. A language 247 selection tool 249 may also
be provided, that allows user to choose a language in these pages.
A sub-title that briefly explains the page content such as
`REGISTRATION/LOGIN` 243 may also be provided.
[0041] One of the windows in the creative work registration/login
page 205 may request the owners of creative works for details such
as user name 261, email ID 265, password 269 etc. by providing text
boxes 263, 267 and 271. A `Send` 281 button allows the owners of
creative works to complete the registration formalities. Once
registered, the owners may login any time of their choice and
upload their creative works and view the results of comparisons. A
helpful text such as `Note: Please provide registration/login
information` 293 may also be provided.
[0042] FIG. 3 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of an upload page that assists owners of creative works
to upload their works to the creative work protection server of
FIG. 1. In specific, the exemplary snap shot illustrated shows a
creative work upload page 305 delivered to a client's browser 395
of client device, that allow owners of creative works to upload,
after logging into the creative work protection server. The
creative work upload page 305 delivered may contain a page title
such as `CreativeWorkProtection Web Page (www.creativework.com)`
321. It may also contain a title such as `CREATIVE WORK
PROTECTION.COM` 341 and a tool bar 351 providing access to other
pages of the creative work protection server. A language 347
selection tool 349 may also be provided, that allows user to choose
a language in these pages. A sub-title that briefly explains the
page content such as `UPLOAD CREATIVE WORK` 343 may also be
provided.
[0043] One of the windows in the creative work upload page 305 may
request the owners of creative works for login details such as
email ID 365, password 369 and by providing text boxes 367 and 371.
Alternatively, login webpage may be provided separately from that
of creative work upload page 305. In addition, an upload creative
work 361 title followed by a text box 363 that allows the
registered owners to enter address of the creative work. The
creative work upload page 305 may also provide browsing facilities
that allow registered owners to browse through the personal
computer and open the file to be uploaded automatically. A `Convert
Format` 381 button allows registered owners to convert format of
the creative work document to any other formats (this is optional).
An `Upload` 383 button allows the owners of creative works to send
the creative work document to the creative work protection server.
A helpful text such as `Note: Please upload creative work` 393 may
also be provided.
[0044] FIG. 4 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of a result page containing vital details of the creative
work containing text and report of similarities in the respective
content of database of the creative work protection server and of
the major third party host servers of FIG. 1. Specifically, the
exemplary snap shot illustrated shows a creative text work
correlation (comparison) results page 405 delivered to a client's
browser 495 of client device, containing vital statistics of the
creative text work and selected portions of texts that are similar.
The creative text work correlation results page 405 delivered may
contain a page title such as `CreativeWorkProtection Web Page
(www.creativework.com)` 421. It may also contain a title such as
`CREATIVE WORK PROTECTION.COM` 441 and a tool bar 451 providing
access to other pages of the creative work protection server. A
language 447 selection tool 449 may also be provided, that allows
user to choose a language in the result pages. A sub-title that
provides the name of the creative text work in consideration such
as `CORRELATION RESULTS: Creative Work.xxx` 443 may also be
provided.
[0045] One of the windows in the creative text work correlation
results page 405 may provide vital statistics of the creative text
work in consideration such as `VITAL DETAILS:` 453 followed by
details such as file name, word count, number of pages, number of
paragraphs, number of lines, number of words, number of characters,
uploaded on and registered author. Additional vital statistics
related to the web text content, file attachments or other creative
works in the database of creative work protection server in which
the similarity is found such as web site, web page/file attachment
link, web page/file statistics and the locations within the web
page/file where similarity is found may also be provided in this
window (not shown).
[0046] A second window illustrated provides the file name of the
creative text work of a registered owner such as `Creative
Work.xxx:` 455 followed by the text where similarities are found. A
third window illustrated provides the file name of the web text
content posted by a third party server or database text content
such as `Similarity Found: Work MNZ.xxx:` 457 followed by the text
that contains the similarities. The author may be able to decide
whether to ignore the similarity found or to take any necessary
actions. Also, a `Correlate Again` button 483 provides options to
the author to continue to the next similarity either within the
current web page/file text content or in another web page/file.
[0047] FIG. 5 is an exemplary schematic block diagram illustrating
snap shot of a result page containing vital details of the creative
work containing video content and report of similarities in the
respective content of database of the creative work protection
server and of the major third party host servers of FIG. 1. In
specific, the exemplary snap shot illustrated shows a creative
video work correlation (comparison) results page 505 delivered to a
client's browser 595 of client device, containing vital statistics
of the creative video work and graphical representation of areas of
similarity. The creative video work correlation results page 505
delivered may contain a page title such as `CreativeWorkProtection
Web Page (www.creativework.com)` 521. It may also contain a title
such as `CREATIVE WORK PROTECTION.COM` 541 and a tool bar 551
providing access to other pages of the creative work protection
server. A language 547 selection tool 549 may also be provided,
that allows user to choose a language in the result pages. A
sub-title that provides the name of the creative video work in
consideration such as `CORRELATION RESULTS: All-Right-Now.xxx` 543
may also be provided.
[0048] A first window in the creative video work correlation
results page 505 may provide vital statistics of the creative video
work in consideration such as `VITAL DETAILS:` 553 followed by
details such as file name, work nature, work length, area of work,
uploaded on and registered artist. Additional vital statistics
related to the web video content, file attachments or database
content in which the similarity is found such as web site, web
video content/file attachment link, web video content/file
statistics and the locations within the web video content/file
where similarity is found may also be provided in this window (not
shown).
[0049] A second window illustrated provides the file name of the
creative video work of a registered owner such as
`All-Right-Now.xxx:` 555 followed by some graphical representation
of the length of the creative video work. A third window
illustrated provides the file name of the web video content/file
attachment posted by a third party server such as `Similarity
Found: It's-OK.xxx:` 557 followed by a graphical representation
similar to that of the second window depicting the areas where
similarity found. The artist is able to take necessary actions
based upon observation of displayed similarities. Also, a
`Correlate Again` button 583 provides options to the artist to
continue to the next similarity in another web video
content/file.
[0050] FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram illustrating components
of the creative work protection server constructed in accordance
with the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the present invention. The
creative work protection server circuitry text-image portion 607
may in part or full be incorporated into any computing device that
operates as an Internet based server. The creative work protection
server circuitry text-image portion 607 generally includes
processing circuitry 609, local storage 617, manager interfaces
649, and network interfaces 641. These components communicatively
coupled to one another via one or more of a system bus, dedicated
communication pathways, or other direct or indirect communication
pathways. The processing circuitry 609 may be, in various
embodiments, a microprocessor, a digital signal processor, a state
machine, an application specific integrated circuit, a field
programming gate array, or other processing circuitry.
[0051] Local storage 617 may be random access memory, read-only
memory, flash memory, a disk drive, an optical drive, or another
type of memory that is operable to store computer instructions and
data. The local storage 617 includes creative work registration
module 673 and creative work upload/billing module 675 to perform
functions of registration, logging in and billing. In addition, the
local storage 617 includes creative text-image work correlation
module 677 which performs textual content and image comparisons,
creative text-image work correlation result generation module 679
which generates reports, creative text-image work correlation
result dispatch module 681 which delivers reports to the registered
owners and/or host third party server (not shown) and that of
creative text-image work database 687, and text-image file format
conversion module 683. The local storage 617 also contains creative
text-image work registration database 685 to store registration,
logging in and billing information of the registered owners and the
creative text-image work database 687 to store creative text-image
work 653 of registered owners.
[0052] The network interfaces 641 contain wired and wireless packet
switched interfaces 645 and may also contain built-in or an
independent interface processing circuitry 643. The network
interfaces 641 allow the creative work protection server circuitry
text-image portion 607 to communicate with client devices such as
661 and to upload creative text-image works 653 via a web browser
651 and to deliver results. The manager interfaces 649 may include
a display and keypad interfaces. These manager interfaces 649 allow
the user at the creative work protection server circuitry
text-image portion 607 to control aspects of the present invention.
The client device 661 illustrated are communicatively coupled to
the creative work protection server circuitry text-image portion
607 via an Internet 655.
[0053] In other embodiments, the creative work protection server
circuitry text-image portion 607 of the present invention may
include fewer or more components than are illustrated as well as
lesser or further functionality. In other words, the illustrated
creative work protection server circuitry text-image portion is
meant to merely offer one example of possible functionality and
construction in accordance with the present invention.
[0054] FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram illustrating components
of the creative work protection server constructed in accordance
with the embodiment of FIG. 1, in continuation of FIG. 6. The
creative work protection server circuitry audio-video portion 707
may in part or full be incorporated into any computing device that
operates as an Internet based server. The creative work protection
server circuitry audio-video portion 707 generally includes
processing circuitry 709 (609 of FIG. 6), local storage 717 (617 of
FIG. 6), manager interfaces 749 (649 of FIG. 6) and network
interfaces 741 (641 of FIG. 6). These components communicatively
coupled to one another via one or more of a system bus, dedicated
communication pathways, or other direct or indirect communication
pathways. The processing circuitry 709 may be, in various
embodiments, a microprocessor, a digital signal processor, a state
machine, an application specific integrated circuit, a field
programming gate array, or other processing circuitry.
[0055] Local storage 717 may be random access memory, read-only
memory, flash memory, a disk drive, an optical drive, or another
type of memory that is operable to store computer instructions and
data. The local storage 717 includes creative work registration
module 773 (673 of FIG. 6) and creative work upload/billing module
775 (675 of FIG. 6) to perform functions of registration, logging
in and billing. In addition, the local storage 717 includes
creative audio-video work correlation module 777 which performs
audio and video content comparisons between creative audio-video
work 753 of registered owners and audio-video content of third
party servers (not shown) and that of creative audio-video work
database 787, creative audio-video work correlation result
generation module 779 which generates reports, creative audio-video
work correlation result dispatch module 781 which delivers reports
to the registered owners and/or host third party server and
audio-video file format conversion module 783. The local storage
717 also contains creative audio-video work registration database
785 to store registration, logging in and billing information of
the registered owners and the creative audio-video work database
787 to store creative audio-video work 753 of the registered
owners.
[0056] The network interfaces 741 contain wired and wireless packet
switched interfaces 745 and may also contain built-in or an
independent interface processing circuitry 743. The network
interfaces 741 allow the creative work protection server circuitry
audio-video portion 707 to communicate with client devices such as
761 and to upload creative audio-video works 753 via a browser 751
and to deliver results. The manager interfaces 749 may include a
display and keypad interfaces. These manager interfaces 749 allow
the user at the creative work protection server circuitry
audio-video portion 707 to control aspects of the present
invention. The client device 761 illustrated are communicatively
coupled to the creative work protection server circuitry
audio-video portion 707 via an Internet 755.
[0057] In other embodiments, the creative work protection server
circuitry audio-video portion 707 of the present invention may
include fewer or more components than are illustrated as well as
lesser or further functionality. In other words, the illustrated
creative work protection server circuitry audio-video portion is
meant to merely offer one example of possible functionality and
construction in accordance with the present invention.
[0058] FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality 805 of
the creative work protection server of FIG. 1, wherein the creative
work protection server identifies and reports similarity in
creative works containing textual content and images. The
functionality of the creative work protection server that deals
with creative text-image works begins at a block 807 when an owner
of the creative text-image work is provided with registration/login
interface webpage. At a next block 809, the creative work
protection server that deals with creative text-image works
receives registration information if the owner is interacting with
the creative work protection server for the first time and stores
this information in a database. In subsequent interactions, the
creative work protection server verifies login information and
allows the owner to access services of the creative work protection
server. The registration information may contain user name,
password, date of birth, address, email address and other relevant
information.
[0059] At a next block 811, the creative work protection server
provides creative text-image work upload/billing interface. The
owner may upload any number of creative text-image works in
subsequent visits (after initial registration), and the billing may
occur on one of many possible ways. This includes a fixed
price/creative text-image work, fixed price/number of characters in
textual content of the creative text-image work, fixed price/image
size/image of the creative text-image work, fixed price/report
generated for a predetermined period such as a week or month, etc.
That is, the billing may occur immediately after uploading of
creative text-image works or may occur periodically based upon an
agreement with the registered owner. And the service may be
provided for a fixed period of time such as one year or two years
depending upon agreement with the registered owner.
[0060] At a next block 813, the creative work protection server
receives creative text-image works and stores them in a database.
At a next block 815, the creative work protection server correlates
the creative text-image work with that of web content in major
third party host servers and creative text-image content of the
database of creative work protection server. Then, creative work
protection server generates a report containing all of the website
links (together with vectors of web pages or files contained in the
web sites) and titles of the database text-image content that
contain texts or images having similarities with that of content of
creative text-image works. At a next block 817, the creative work
protection server delivers results containing vital statistics of
the creative text-image works, along with similarities found. In a
final block 819, the creative work protection server sends results
to the registered owner, and upon agreement with registered owner
and major third party host servers, to the major third party host
servers.
[0061] FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality 905 of
the creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, with the
creative work containing texts in consideration. The detailed
functionality concerning the creative work containing texts of a
registered owner begins at a block 907, when the creative work
protection server receives creative text works and stores them in a
database. To make this possible, the creative work protection
server provides webpage interfaces to the registered owner to
upload one or more creative text works.
[0062] At a next block 911, the creative work protection server
retrieves stored creative text work. At a next block 913, the
creative work protection server correlates character by character
with that of web text content in major third party host servers and
that in the database of the creative work protection server to
determine similarities. At a next decision block 915, the creative
work protection server determines if the similarities exceed a
predetermined correlation threshold. If yes, then the creative work
protection server stores creative text work name along with web
page details or titles in the database and similarity beginning
character number and ending character number, at a next block 931.
Then, the processes of blocks 913 and 915 are repeated. If not at
the decision block 915, at a next decision block 917, the creative
work protection server determines if all of the creative text works
of the registered owner are compared. If not, with a next creative
text work, the processes of blocks 911, 913, 915 and 931 are
repeated. In another embodiment, the comparison may occur on the
basis of keywords, which is not shown in the flowchart.
[0063] If yes at the decision block 917, then the creative work
protection server prepares a result page (from the stored
information of similarities) containing vital statistics, name and
web links of the text that contains similarities along with
additional information, at a next block 919. Then, at a next block
921, the creative work protection server delivers the result page
containing vital statistics and similarities with title and
correlated characters. At a next decision block 923, the creative
work protection server determines if more similarities within the
same webpage or in another webpage (that belongs to the creative
text works of the registered owner) or in the database files are
found. If yes, then the processes of blocks 919 and 921 are
repeated to generate addition result pages. If not, at a final
block 925, the functionality ends.
[0064] FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality 1005 of
the creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, with the
creative work containing images in consideration. The detailed
functionality concerning the creative work containing images begins
at a block 1007, when the creative work protection server receives
creative image works and stores them in a database. The creative
work protection server provides webpage interfaces to registered
owner of the creative image works to upload one or more creative
image works.
[0065] At a next block 1011, the creative work protection server
retrieves stored creative image work. At a next block 1013, the
creative work protection server correlates images pixel by pixel
(after converting formats to a predetermined image format and
resizing the images) with that of web image content in major third
party host servers and that in the database of creative work
protection server to determine similarities. At a next decision
block 1015, the creative work protection server determines if the
similarities exceed a predetermined correlation threshold. If yes,
then the creative work protection server stores creative image work
name along with web page details and similarity area details, at a
next block 1031. Then, the processes of blocks 1013 and 1015 are
repeated. If not at the decision block 1015, at a next decision
block 1017, the creative work protection server determines if all
of the creative image works of the registered owner are compared.
If not, with a next creative image work, the processes of blocks
1011, 1013, 1015 and 1031 are repeated.
[0066] If yes at the decision block 1017, then the creative work
protection server prepares a result page (from the stored
information of similarities) containing vital statistics, name and
web links of the image that contains similarities along with
additional information, at a next block 1019. Then, at a next block
1021, the creative work protection server delivers the result page
containing vital statistics and similarities with title and
correlated image areas. At a next decision block 1023, the creative
work protection server determines if more similarities within the
same webpage image or in another webpage image or images in the
database are found. If yes, then the processes of blocks 1019 and
1021 are repeated to generate addition result pages. If not, at a
final block 1025, the functionality ends.
[0067] FIG. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality 1105 of
the creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, wherein
the creative work protection server identifies and reports
similarity in creative works containing audio and video content.
The functionality of the creative work protection server that deals
with audio-video creative work content begins at a block 1107 when
an owner of a creative audio-video work is provided with
registration/login interface webpage. At a next block 1109, the
creative work protection server receives registration information
(for the first time) and stores this information in a database. In
subsequent interactions, the creative work protection server
verifies login information and allows the owner to access services
of the creative work protection server. The registration
information may contain user name, password, date of birth,
address, email address and other relevant information.
[0068] At a next block 1111, the creative work protection server
provides creative audio-video work upload/billing webpage
interface. The owner may upload any number of creative audio-video
works in subsequent visits (after initial registration), and the
billing may occur on one of many possible ways. This includes a
fixed price/creative audio-video work, fixed price/second of the
creative audio-video work, fixed price/report generated for a
predetermined period such as a week or month, etc. That is, the
billing may occur immediately after uploading of creative
audio-video works or may occur periodically based upon an agreement
with the registered owner. The service may be provided for a fixed
period of time such as one year or two years depending upon
agreement with the registered owner.
[0069] At a next block 1113, the creative work protection server
receives creative audio-video works and stores them in a database.
At a next block 1115, the creative work protection server
correlates the creative audio-video work with that of web content
in the major third party host servers and that in the database of
creative work protection server. Then, creative work protection
server generates a report containing all of the titles and website
links that contain audio-video content having similarities with
that of content of creative audio-video works. At a next block
1117, the creative work protection server delivers results
containing vital statistics of the creative audio-video works,
along with similarities found. In a final block 1119, the creative
work protection server sends results to the registered owner, and
upon agreement with registered owner and host third party servers,
to the major third party host servers.
[0070] FIG. 12 is a flow diagram illustrating functionality 1205 of
the creative work protection server of FIG. 1 in detail, with the
creative work containing audio-video content in consideration. The
detailed functionality concerning creative audio-video works begins
at a block 1207, when the creative work protection server receives
creative audio-video works and stores them in a database. The
creative work protection server provides webpage interfaces to
registered owner of the creative audio-video works to upload one or
more creative audio-video works.
[0071] At a next block 1211, the creative work protection server
retrieves stored creative audio-video work. At a next block 1213,
the creative work protection server correlates audio-video works
with that of web audio-video content in major third party host
servers and that in the database of creative work protection server
to determine similarities. In case of audio recordings, bit by bit
comparison may be employed. Alternatively, in some cases, the
creative work protection server may resort to converting the
recordings to analog forms and then comparing them. In case of
video recordings, the digital signatures are identified and
compared as a first step. As a next step, the comparison of audio
portion of the video recording is performed and then, if no
similarities are found, the video portion of the recording are
compared. The video portion comparison may occur on the basis of
frame by frame comparison. Other methods of comparison are also
contemplated.
[0072] At a next decision block 1215, the creative work protection
server determines if the similarities exceed a predetermined
correlation threshold. In case of audio recordings, the correlation
threshold may be a predetermined number of adjacent bits and in
case of video this may be a predetermined number of adjacent
frames. If yes at the decision block 1215, then the creative work
protection server stores creative audio-video work name, vectors
for web audio-video content and the database content along with
similarity beginning and ending times, at a next block 1231. Then,
the processes of blocks 1213 and 1215 are repeated. If not at the
decision block 1215, at a next decision block 1217, the creative
work protection server determines if all of the creative
audio-video works of the registered owner are correlated. If not,
with a next creative audio-video work, the processes of blocks
1211, 1213, 1215 and 1231 are repeated.
[0073] If yes at the decision block 1217, then the creative work
protection server prepares a result page (from the stored
information of similarities) containing vital statistics, name and
web links of the audio-video content that contains similarities
along with additional information, at a next block 1219. Then, at a
next block 1221, the creative work protection server delivers the
result page containing vital statistics and similarities with title
and correlated audio-video times. At a next decision block 1223,
the creative work protection server determines if more similarities
within the same audio-video content or in another audio-video
content are found. If yes, then the processes of blocks 1219 and
1221 are repeated to generate addition result pages. If not, at a
final block 1225, the functionality ends.
[0074] The terms "circuit" and "circuitry" as used herein may refer
to an independent circuit or to a portion of a multifunctional
circuit that performs multiple underlying functions. For example,
depending on the embodiment, processing circuitry may be
implemented as a single chip processor or as a plurality of
processing chips. Likewise, a first circuit and a second circuit
may be combined in one embodiment into a single circuit or, in
another embodiment, operate independently perhaps in separate
chips. The term "chip," as used herein, refers to an integrated
circuit. Circuits and circuitry may comprise general or specific
purpose hardware, or may comprise such hardware and associated
software such as firmware or object code.
[0075] As one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate, the
terms "operably coupled" and "communicatively coupled," as may be
used herein, include direct coupling and indirect coupling via
another component, element, circuit, or module where, for indirect
coupling, the intervening component, element, circuit, or module
does not modify the information of a signal but may adjust its
current level, voltage level, and/or power level. As one of
ordinary skill in the art will also appreciate, inferred coupling
(i.e., where one element is coupled to another element by
inference) includes direct and indirect coupling between two
elements in the same manner as "operably coupled" and
"communicatively coupled."
[0076] The present invention has also been described above with the
aid of method steps illustrating the performance of specified
functions and relationships thereof. The boundaries and sequence of
these functional building blocks and method steps have been
arbitrarily defined herein for convenience of description.
Alternate boundaries and sequences can be defined so long as the
specified functions and relationships are appropriately performed.
Any such alternate boundaries or sequences are thus within the
scope and spirit of the claimed invention.
[0077] The present invention has been described above with the aid
of functional building blocks illustrating the performance of
certain significant functions. The boundaries of these functional
building blocks have been arbitrarily defined for convenience of
description. Alternate boundaries could be defined as long as the
certain significant functions are appropriately performed.
Similarly, flow diagram blocks may also have been arbitrarily
defined herein to illustrate certain significant functionality. To
the extent used, the flow diagram block boundaries and sequence
could have been defined otherwise and still perform the certain
significant functionality. Such alternate definitions of both
functional building blocks and flow diagram blocks and sequences
are thus within the scope and spirit of the claimed invention.
[0078] One of average skill in the art will also recognize that the
functional building blocks, and other illustrative blocks, modules
and components herein, can be implemented as illustrated or by
discrete components, application specific integrated circuits,
processors executing appropriate software and the like or any
combination thereof.
[0079] Moreover, although described in detail for purposes of
clarity and understanding by way of the aforementioned embodiments,
the present invention is not limited to such embodiments. It will
be obvious to one of average skill in the art that various changes
and modifications may be practiced within the spirit and scope of
the invention, as limited only by the scope of the appended
claims.
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