Digital watermarking systems and methods
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a compressed video object;
decompressing the compressed video object to yield a decompressed video object;
determining a digital watermark signal for the decompressed video object, but instead of embedding a determined digital watermark signal in the decompressed video object, compressing the digital watermark signal as an object; and
associating the digital watermark object and the compressed video object.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to digital watermarking systems and methods. In a first implementation, so-called movie studio rough-cuts are watermarked to provide a forensic tracking clue or to provide security for distributed rough-cuts. In another implementation, a watermark is determined for a compressed video object. The watermark is compressed as an object and the watermarked object is then associated with the compressed video object. The two separate objects are provided to a rendering device, which after decompressing both objects, embeds the watermark in the video prior to rendering.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a compressed video object; decompressing the compressed video object to yield a decompressed video object; determining a digital watermark signal for the decompressed video object, but instead of embedding a determined digital watermark signal in the decompressed video object, compressing the digital watermark signal as an object; and associating the digital watermark object and the compressed video object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18)
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9. A method comprising:
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providing video content, wherein the video content comprises a digital watermark embedded therein, with multiple instances of the digital watermark embedded in the video content, the digital watermark further comprising a plural-bit identifier that is uniquely associated with an intended recipient of the video content; encrypting the video content with an encryption key that comprises mathematical relationship to the plural-bit identifier that is uniquely associated with the intended recipient of the video content; providing a decryption key that comprises a cryptographic relationship to the encryption key; providing the encrypted video content and the decryption key to the intended user of the video content; and maintaining a registry that associates at least the plural-bit identifier with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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an input to receive a compressed video object; a module including circuitry or instructions to decompress the compressed video object to yield a decompressed video object; a controller to determine a digital watermark signal for the decompressed video object, but instead of embedding a determined digital watermark signal in the decompressed video object, the controller controls;
i) compression of the digital watermark signal as an object, and ii) association of the digital watermark object and the compressed video object.
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