Detecting and Revoking Pirate Redistribution of Content

Disclosed are methods, systems and articles for tracing and disabling one or more unauthorized distributors of content originally transmitted by a distribution center. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving rebroadcast transmissions of a data segment previously transmitted by the distribution center, the received segment including embedded information associated with a subset of recipients that includes at least one of the unauthorized distributors, and identifying the subset based on the embedded information. The method further includes assigning recipients in the identified subset into two or more new subsets such that the at least one unauthorized distributor is assigned to one of the two or more new subsets, and coding a subsequent data segment to be transmitted with additional embedded information associated with the two or more new subsets. The above operations may be repeated until the at least unauthorized distributor is identified.

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Patents:
WO 2,010,021,774

Inventor(s): UNIV CONNECTICUT [US]; KIAYIAS AGGELOS [US]; PEHLIVANOGLU SERDAR [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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