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US 12,388,951 · App. 17/796,372 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Method for assigning a creator to a digital media file and/or for distributing the digital media file, recording device and display device

Inventor: Benjamin Bönisch (Bodman-Ludwigshafen, DE)
Assignee: ETO MAGNETIC GMBH
H04N5/772G06F21/10G06V40/172
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Patent No.
US 12,388,951
App. No.
17/796,372
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method for assigning a creator to a digital media file and/or for distributing the digital media file, recording device and display device A method for an assignment of at least one creator to a digital media file comprises at least one method step in which the digital media file is recorded by means of a recording device of a recording apparatus, in particular a front-facing camera of the recording apparatus, and is provided with metadata, wherein the metadata comprises at least one creator information, the creator information being generated automatically in the recording period of the digital media file, wherein the creator information is realized as a user identifier, and wherein in the method step at least the user identifier is determined and/or verified by a safety device, wherein the safety device comprises a camera of the recording apparatus, in particular a rear-facing camera of the recording apparatus, by means of which the determination and/or verification of the user identifier of the user making the recording is carried out by the recording device in the recording period of the digital media file.

Claims (29)

1. A method for a distribution of digital media files which metadata, including at least one creator, are assigned to via at least the method steps of

recording the digital media file by means of a recording device of a recording apparatus,

determining and/or verifying a user identifier of a user of the recording apparatus making the recording by a safety device comprising a camera of the recording apparatus,

providing the digital media file with metadata which is then integrated in the digital media file and/or inseparably connected with the digital media file, wherein the metadata comprises at least one creator information, that is realized as the user identifier, and that is generated automatically in the recording period of the digital media file, and wherein the metadata comprises at least one further creator information, which is realized as a blockchain timestamp or as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) timestamp that is automatically generated in the recording period of the digital media file, with the distribution of digital media files comprising at least the method steps of

reading out the metadata including the user identifier of the creator of the digital media file from the metadata of the digital media file when the digital media file is transmitted via a social media platform or via a chat platform, on the basis of the read-out metadata ascertaining at least one usage condition defined by the identified creator, and

permitting or preventing the access to the transmitted digital media file and/or the transmission of the digital media file depending on the read-out usage conditions, wherein the usage conditions comprise at least a usage fee defined by an owner of the digital media file and/or by the creator of the digital media file,

wherein when the digital media file is used, a user identity or a user identifier of the user of the digital media file is ascertained and the defined usage fee is automatically requested and/or collected from the user of the digital media file and transferred at least to the creator of the digital media file,

wherein in the method step a digital media file comprising a pictorial representation of a person is recorded,

wherein in at least one authorization step a right-of-use request is sent to the person depicted in the pictorial representation, and

wherein the individual right-of-use request comprises an input field for the receiver of the right-of-use request for inputting a temporal limit of a grant of a right of use of the respective digital media file, such that the right of use regarding the digital media file which comprises the pictorial representation of the person can be temporally limited by the depicted person within the authorization step.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least a face recognition and/or a facial-feature recognition is carried out by the safety device for a determination and/or verification of the user identifier of the user making the recording.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the recording device is realized as a front-facing camera of the recording apparatus, wherein a view field of the front-facing camera and a view field of the camera are oriented or can be oriented in at least substantially opposed directions.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user identifier is pseudonymized or de-identified.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one further creator information, which is implemented as an application software identifier and which is automatically generated in the recording period of the digital media file.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one further creator information, which is realized as a hardware identifier and which is automatically generated in the recording period of the digital media file.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one further creator information, which is realized as a recording location identifier and which is automatically generated in the recording period of the digital media file.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the creator information is encoded and/or secured via blockchain technology or via DLT technology.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the digital media file is registered, encoded and/or secured via blockchain technology or via DLT technology.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the safety device comprises a fingerprint scanner, by which in the recording period of the digital media file additionally a fingerprint of the user is captured and/or analyzed for the purpose of a determination or verification of the user identifier of the user making the recording.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the safety device comprises an iris scanner, by which in the recording period of the digital media file additionally a characteristic iris pattern of the user is captured and/or analyzed for the purpose of a determination and/or verification of the user identifier of the user making the recording.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the iris scanner is integrated in a viewfinder of the recording apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the safety device comprises a microphone, via which in the recording period of the digital media file additionally a voice characteristic of the user is captured and/or analyzed for the purpose of a determination and/or verification of the user identifier of the user making the recording.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in at least one analysis step the digital media file recorded in the method step is checked for images of persons.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein upon recognition of an image of a person in the analysis step, an order to carry out the authorization step is outputted.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the authorization step the digital media file is transmitted to a display device of the depicted person.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a right of use regarding the digital media file which comprises the pictorial representation of the person, which was granted by the depicted person, is registered and/or secured via blockchain technology or via DLT technology.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the digital media files and/or at least the metadata of the digital media files are registered and/or encoded via blockchain technology or via Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

19. A display device having a computer functionality with an application software that is at least configured for executing a method for a distribution of digital media files according to claim 18 .

20. A recording apparatus having a computer functionality with an application software that is at least configured for executing a method for assigning a creator to a digital media file according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: BÖNISCH, BENJAMIN
To: ETO MAGNETIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 060702/0870 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2020 102 161.5 · Jan 29, 2020 · national
DE 10 2020 120 828.6 · Aug 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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