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Method of and apparatus for embedding data into an electronic document by modulating spaces between words

US5861619A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 1996
Grant dateJan 19, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/327
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method of coding an electronic text document, the length of a space preceding a word in a line of text data of an electronic document relative to the length of a space following the word is modulated with the value of a bit of signature data. The signature data are thus embedded into the text data of the electronic document, not being easily discernible to illicit readers.

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