- Number
- 20240119128
- Published
- 2024-04-11
- Filed
- 2023-07-18
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Li; Hui et al.
- CPC
- G06F21/16; H04L63/0435
- Verdict
- Set aside digital watermarking, DRM/business
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
A system includes a hardware processor, and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive, from a user, a request related to a digital asset, obtain, from the user, verification data for use in creating a record of ownership of the digital asset, create, using the verification data, the record of ownership of the digital asset in an ownership database, embed a digital watermark into the digital asset to generate a digitally watermarked digital asset, and provide, to the user, the digitally watermarked digital asset. The digital watermark embedded in the digitally watermarked digital asset and the record of ownership of the digital asset in the ownership database enable ownership verification of the digital asset.
Background
BACKGROUND
The acquisition and display of digital asset collections such as non-fungible token (NFT) based digital collections have become increasingly popular as symbols of status, particularly among users of social media. However, some social media users simply display digital assets that have been copied, thereby diluting the status associated with legitimately owned digital assets and digital asset collections. Because the secure digital ledgers on which digital asset ownership is recorded are typically independent from the social media platforms or web applications used to display digital asset collections, those social network platforms or web applications are unable to corroborate actual digital asset ownership. Another complication is that, due to the number of different blockchains or other types of secure digital ledgers used to record digital asset ownership, a layman user would find it hard to identify which secure digital ledger to consult for evidence of digital asset ownership, making identification of the provenance of digital assets displayed via social media or web applications undesirably uncertain.
Claims
1. A system comprising: a hardware processor; and a system memory storing a software code; the hardware processor configured to execute the software code to: receive, from a user, a request related to a digital asset; obtain, from the user, verification data for use in creating a record of ownership of the digital asset; create, using the verification data, the record of ownership of the digital asset in an ownership database; embed a digital watermark into the digital asset to generate a digitally watermarked digital asset; and provide, to the user, the digitally watermarked digital asset; wherein the digital watermark embedded in the digitally watermarked digital asset and the record of ownership of the digital asset in the ownership database enable ownership verification of the digital asset. ||
11. A method for use by a system including a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code, the method comprising: receiving from a user, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, a request related to a digital asset; obtaining from the user, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, verification data for use in creating a record of ownership of the digital asset; creating, by the software code executed by the hardware processor and using the verification data, the record of ownership of the digital asset in an ownership database; embedding a digital watermark into the digital asset, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, to generate a digitally watermarked digital asset; and providing to the user, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, the digitally watermarked digital asset; wherein the digital watermark embedded in the digitally watermarked digital asset and the record of ownership of the digital asset in the ownership database enable ownership verification of the digital asset. ||
20. A method for use by a client system to evaluate an ownership claim of a digital asset by a first user, the client system utilized by a second user and including a hardware processer, a system memory storing a digital asset ownership verification client application, and an input device, the method comprising: detecting, by the digital asset ownership verification client application executed by the hardware processor of the client system and using the input device, a presence of a digital watermark embedded in the digital asset displayed by the first user; accessing, by the digital asset ownership verification client application executed by the hardware processor of the client system and based on the digital watermark, an ownership record for the digital asset; and obtaining, by the digital asset ownership verification client application executed by the hardware processor of the client system and using the ownership record, data verifying or refuting ownership of the digital asset by the first user.