US 12,229,849 B2
Avatar identity protection using steganography
Mun Wei Low, Irving, TX (US); Dante J. Pacella, Charles Town, WV (US); and Manuel Enrique Caceres, Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,272.
Prior Publication US 2024/0127389 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 1/0021 (2013.01) [G06T 13/40 (2013.01); H04L 9/0833 (2013.01); H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); H04L 2209/608 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating, by a processor, verification data, the verification data comprising appearance data and a cryptographic key;
encoding, by the processor, the verification data within a base avatar using a steganography algorithm to generate an augmented avatar by distributing bits of the cryptographic key and appearance data in pixels of the base avatar;
adjusting, by the processor, at least one property of the base avatar according the appearance data; and
transmitting, by the processor, the augmented avatar to a recipient.