Patent 8707459 was granted and assigned to Digimarc on April, 2014 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Making a determination of originality of content is disclosed. At least one originality factor related to the content is analyzed, wherein the originality factor is independent of a time when the content is detected. Based on the analysis of the at least one originality factor, automatically the determination is automatically made. The determination is outputted.