ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,536, issued on March 11, was assigned to DRM INSIDE Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for still image-based media content monitoring" was invented by Hogab Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a system and a method for still image-based media content monitoring and, more specifically, a system and a method for still image-based media content monitoring, in which a copied content obtained by illegally copying an original content, which is a video content such as a movie content or a broadcast content, is monitored on the basis of a still image, thereby preventing illegal distribution o...