Copy protection for transmission of information
CA 2516167 C · Owner: Heylen, Richard A. A. · Inventors: Newman, Peter Alfred; Jackson, Mark Dominic; Heylen, Richard A. A.
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It is proposed to copy protect data files for transmission by incorporating DSV data patterns, that is, data patterns which are difficult to encode without causing DSV problems, in the data files. The data in five audio streams and two video streams is placed by way of encoders (10) and a , multiplexer (12) into a stream of blocks of encoded data in the MPEG file format (14). In this format, blocks of video data V are arranged alternately with blocks of audio data A and padding stream blocks P. DSV data patterns (16) are incorporated into the MPEG file (14) by way of an encoder (18) to produce the copy protected data file (15). The DSV data patterns (16) are incorporated into …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 19, 2004 and granted July 31, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 2024.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 19, 2026.
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