US 12,347,117 B2
Method for tracking digital assets via statistical steganography
Alistair Hopkins, Deiniolen (GB)
Assigned to UPSKINS LTD., London (GB)
Filed by UPSKINS LTD., London (GB)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,789.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,907, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120852 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/20 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/20 (2013.01) [G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of automatically assigning unique identification codes to digital assets by embedding a plurality of characters and a synchronization mark embodied as graphical representation elements into each assigned digital asset with each graphical representation element embedding an individual character such that the digital asset can be inserted into a video stream or image with its unique identification code sustained by the embedded plurality of graphical representation elements, the method comprising:
(a) assigning a unique identification code to each digital asset or digital asset family and then breaking the assigned unique identification code into a finite set of individual characters;
(b) embedding each individual character from the finite set of individual characters into a graphical representation element including:
(i) an index of the character's position within the unique identification code and
(ii) an embedding of the character itself;
(c) embedding an orientation or synchronization mark into each graphical representation element identifying the graphical representation element and the orientation and starting sequence of the embedded characters; and
(d) embedding all of the graphical representation elements created from the finite set of individual characters into the digital asset, thereby enabling the digital asset's unique identification code to be reconstructed from the plurality of graphical representation elements.