signal can survive recording to video, and various sorts of digital compression. The detection devices are low-cost and can be used in a range of devices, from toys to cellphones. Use in toys The technology was developed for The Batman TV series, for transmitting data from the video on-screen to a line of Batman toys based on the series, supplying them with information about the series and unlocking their hidden capabilities. For example: The Batwave Communicator Handheld Device, when within 10 feet in the line of sight from the TV, will show engine graphics, diagnostics, weapon systems, and enables various games stored in the device. Batwave Batman Action Figure will pop wings from its back and light up the emblem on its chest when subjected to the videosignal from the TV. Batwave Batmobile with Handheld Device will turn on various LEDs acting as its lights, play sounds, and "capture" various weapons from the show. This technology is also used in other toys, for example Toby Terrier. VEIL was used in various ad campaigns for Foster's Lager. The campaign incorporated the use of VEIL decoders inside little figures of the famous cricket players Boon and Shane Warne. The toys would make comments during the cricket matches while in front of the television. Other uses As of December 2005, VEIL was proposed as a DRM tool to counter the analog hole, as a technological measure legally enforced by the US Digital Content Security Act. In this regard, it is a more fine-grained successor to Macrovision. VEIL acts together with CGMS-A signal ("broadcast flag") in the vertical blanking interval, where it is used to encode the Rights Assertion Mark (RAM) signal. The CGMS-A can be stripped too easily from the analog signal, therefore the presence of RAM but absence of CGMS-A will tell the copy protection system to deny the copy. References See also VEIL Interactive Technologies Method for transmitting data on viewable portion of a video signal, July 25, 2000 United States Patent 6,229,572 Method for transmitting data on viewable portion of a video signal, May 8, 2001 United States Patent 6,661,905 Method for transmitting data on a viewable portion of a video signal, December 9, 2003 United States Patent 6,992,726 Method and system for enhanced modulation of video signals, January 31, 2006 United States Patent Application Method and system for embedding device positional data in video signals, March 10, 2005 Digital