Computer software for encoding digital information in image and audio signals by enhancing them with data carrying signals distributed through those image and audio signals without interfering with their perceptual content; computer software for decoding stenganographically encoded digital information in image and audio signals to recover the information therefrom; computer software for steganographically encoding digital information in visual signals for reproducing such information on product packaging and packing labels; computer software for steganographically encoding digital information in product packaging design files for reproducing the information on packaging produced from the digital product packaging design files; computer software for encoding digital information in packing label files for reproducing the information on packing labels produced from the digital product packaging packing label files; computer software for decoding hidden information from packaging and packing labels encoded with information; software for processing images, graphics and text; computer software for processing audio.

Preparation of business reports; preparation of business reports based on information decoded from image and audio signals; preparation of business reports based on steganographically encoded information decoded from product packaging; preparation of business reports based on scanned steganographically encoded product codes; preparation of business reports based on scanned hidden product codes from product packaging.

Computer software for signal processing; computer software for processing audio; computer software for processing digital images; computer software for steganography applications; computer software for incorporating digital data into media content; computer software for incorporating digital data into physical items; computer software for encoding digital information in image signals; signal processing software for encoding information in digitally designed, produced or distributed media content; signal processing software for encoding information in digitally designed, produced or distributed physical objects; computer software for encoding digital information in image signals for reproducing the information in physical items; computer software for encoding digital information in design files of physical items; computer software for encoding digital information in images rendered on digital displays; computer software for creating product packaging design files encoded with digital information; computer software for inserting digital information in audio signals; computer software for steganographically encoding digital information in image signals; computer software for steganographically encoding digital information in audio signals; computer software for steganographically encoding digital information in product packaging design files for reproducing such information on packaging produced from such product packaging design files; computer software for steganographically encoding digital information in packaging label files for reproducing such information on packaging labels produced from such product packaging label files; computer software for creating product packaging design files steganographically encoded with digital information; computer programs for the identification of goods in the field of decoding stenographically encoded information on goods or on packaging for goods; computer programs for the identification of physical objects; computer software for decoding digital information from image signals; computer software for decoding digital information from audio signals; computer software for recognizing objects; computer software for recognizing audio signals; computer software for mobile phones, hand held computers, data capture equipment, tablets, optical readers, electronic readers or scanners, for recognizing printed objects; computer software for mobile phones, hand held computers, data capture equipment, tablets, optical readers, electronic readers or scanners, for recognizing image signals; computer software for mobile phones, hand held computers, data capture equipment, tablets, optical readers, electronic readers or scanners, for recognizing audio signals; computer software for decoding stenographically encoded information from physical items, namely, product packaging, encoded with stenographic information; computer software for discovering media content or physical items, namely products or product packaging, by decoding data that was in such content or items and retrieving information associated with the decoded data; computer software for discovering information relating to media content or physical items, namely products or product packaging; computer software for decoding information from an object for use in the fields of e-commerce, marketing, self-checkout, variable weight labeling, manufacturing, quality control, inventory, logistics or product tracking; computer software for point-of-sale systems, namely, software for point- of-sale scanners or optical code readers; computer software for mobile phones, hand held computers, tablets, optical readers, electronic readers or scanners, for decoding optical codes included in visual media, printed objects or image signals, and for linking users to e-commerce or other Internet or global communications network connected sites or computers based upon such optical codes; computer software for recognizing image signals captured by optical sensors and for linking users to e-commerce or other Internet or global communications network connected sites or computers based upon such captured signals; computer software for recognizing audio signals captured by audio sensors and for linking users to e-commerce or other Internet or global communications network connected sites or computers based upon such captured signals; computer software for decoding steganographically encoded digital information from image or audio signals; computer software for decoding steganographically encoded information from packaging or packaging labels; computer software for detecting steganographically encoded information in image signals; computer software for detecting steganographically encoded information in audio signals; computer software for detecting steganographically encoded information on physical objects.

Preparation of business reports; providing business information to facilitate e-commerce transactions; business services, namely, consulting services in the field of using steganographically encoded digital codes in marketing or product sales for business purposes; preparation of business reports based on steganographically encoded information decoded from image or audio signals; preparation of business reports based on steganographically encoded information decoded from product packaging; preparation of business reports based on decoded steganographically encoded product codes; preparation of business reports based on decoded steganographically encoded product codes from product packaging.