NEC Selects Drakes Bay as Exclusive Agent for Digital Watermarking Intellectual Property Licensing; Includes Fundamental Ingemar J. Cox Patents in Spread Spectrum Watermarking Techniques.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Drakes Bay
Drake's Bay is a small bay on the coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northwest of San Francisco at approximately 38 degrees North latitude. Company announced today it is the exclusive agent for licensing an extensive intellectual property portfolio in digital watermarking Digital watermarking is a technique which allows an individual to add hidden copyright notices or other verification messages to digital audio, video, or image signals and documents. owned by NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation. The digital watermarking patent portfolio consists of 48 granted U.S. and international patents and 24 patent applications for embedding 1. (mathematics) embedding - One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup. 2. (theory) embedding - (domain theory) A complete partial order F in [X -> Y] is an embedding if and detecting digital watermarks in audio, image and video files. The patents include the earliest watermarking patents by Ingemar J. Cox, Ph.D. Please direct all inquiries to Drakes Bay Company. Digital watermarking is the ability to permanently embed and detect data within audio, image or video digital content that is imperceptible im·per·cep·ti·ble adj. 1. Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses: an imperceptible drop in temperature. 2. and difficult to extract or read with out the correct cryptographic key. It provides media companies and individuals with the ability to protect copyrighted content without relying on client digital rights management software. Digital watermarking is a key enforcement component of the new digital media and rights management markets enabled by the Internet and wireless devices. Digital Rights Management software and services are expected to grow from $600 Million in 2004 to $2 Billion in 2009 according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the market research firm Digital Tech Consulting Group, Inc. "We are very pleased to have such an important and extensive patent portfolio to represent," said Joseph W. Jennings, of Drakes Bay Company. "Digital watermarking is important because it is the best consumer experience for enforcing copyrights in all forms of digital media." "These patents enable copyright enforcement without client software. They enable a highly scalable set of forensic solutions based on actual business and consumer transaction records without any consumer experience of the technologies or the processes," said Jennings. Drakes Bay Company Drakes Bay Company is a technology monetization and optimization firm serving industry leaders in market development and licensing for intellectual property portfolios in emerging technology, consumer and enterprise markets. More information on Drakes Bay Company can be found at www.drakesbaycompany.com. All company names and product names that appear in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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