Royalty Report: Internet, Advertising, Printing & Publishing – Collection: 5496

License Grant

We granted a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive, limited intellectual property license relative to world-to-Internet technology. This is about linking the physical and Internet environments through switching technology that seamlessly bridges these environments.

License Property

PaperClickTM technology that enables users to link directly from the physical to the digital world, as well as the patents surrounding certain physical-world-to-web linking processes.

For example, an Internet company can insert a PaperClickTM code into its print ad to lead a prospect to a specific web page that provides related details on the product or services mentioned.  Alternatively, a publisher can provide additional information, including other resources or updated content without taking up valuable print space, just by adding a PaperClick code at the end of an article.  In either case, when the reader reaches the linked web page, the information is right on the screen, eliminating a frustrating URL or site search.  The codes are read by either being scanned directly into a PC by using a bar code scanner, such as the A.T. Cross NetPenTM or the Welch Allyn Model 6180 corded wand.

License Grant

Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a personal, non-transferable except as provided herein, worldwide, non-exclusive license, under the Licensed Patents in the field of Internet Enhanced Media Operations, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to (i) make, have made and use Switch(es) and components thereof including software but not sell Switches except as otherwise permitted wherein such Switch(es) may only be operated by or exclusively on behalf of Licensee or any of its Affiliates (hereinafter 'Licensed Switches'), (ii) make, have made, use, sell and/or offer for sale and/or transfer End User Devices and components thereof for use with a Licensed Switch (hereinafter 'Licensed End User Devices'), and (iii) create, publish, broadcast, sell, lease, offer for sale, transfer, or otherwise implement an index or cue for the purpose of operating with a Licensed Switch.

License Property

Licensor is the owner of, or has acquired rights under, numerous U.S. patents and patent applications, as well as foreign patent applications, relating to methods and systems for using bar code symbols or other auto-ID media (such as RF-ID tags) to connect users to and transmit data over the Internet.

License Grant

Licensor, an individual from England, will be granted a right to receive a portion of future proceeds, if any, as designated below resulting from Licensee's prosecution, development, licensing, sale and/or other disposition, and, if necessary, the enforcement of the Patents as described herein.

License Property

The Licensee completed the acquisition of four patents (as well as a pending patent application) from the Licensor, a technology leader in digital watermarking content identification, digital rights management and related technologies.

The patents relate to enabling technology for identifying media content on the Internet, such as audio and video, and taking further action to be performed based on such identification, including among others, the insertion of advertising and the facilitation of the purchase of goods and services.

The patents (U.S. Patent No. 7,058,223, No. 8,010,988, No. 8,020,187 and No. 8,205,237) are based on a patent application filed in 2000 and have patent terms extending into 2023.

The Patents
Patent No.
Title
Issue Date

US Patent #7,058,223
Identifying works for initiating a work-based action, such as an action on the internet
June 6, 2006

US Patent #8,010,988
Using features extracted from an audio and/or video work to obtain information about the work
August 30, 2011

US Patent #8,020,187
Identifying works, using a sub linear time search or a non-exhaustive search, for initiating a work-based action, such as an action on the internet         September 13, 2011

US Patent #8,205,237
Identifying works, using a sub-linear time search, such as an approximate nearest neighbor search, for initiating a work-based action, such as an action on the internet
June

Patent App. No.
Title
Publication No. & Date

US Pat. App. No. 13/338,079
Method for using extracted features from an electronic work
N/A

Provisional App. No.
Title
Filing Date

US Provisional App. No.  60/232,618
Identifying and linking television audio, print and other media to the internet
September 14, 2000