Recorded video broadcast, streaming, download, and disk distribution with watermarking instructions
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first circuit configured to analyze an audio-video data stream to determine watermark appropriate information for said audio-video data stream, wherein said watermark appropriate information describes a location within said audio-video data where a watermark can be embedded and said watermark is embedded in said audio-video data during playback by a decoder based upon said watermark appropriate information and watermark data stored in said decoder, wherein said watermark data stored in said decoder is unique to said decoder; and
a second circuit configured to communicate said watermark appropriate information either in-band with or out-of-band from a bit stream comprising said audio-video data.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to analyze an audio-video data stream to determine watermark appropriate information for the audio-video data stream. The second circuit may be configured to communicate the watermark appropriate information either in-band with or out-of-band from a bit stream communicating the audio-video data.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first circuit configured to analyze an audio-video data stream to determine watermark appropriate information for said audio-video data stream, wherein said watermark appropriate information describes a location within said audio-video data where a watermark can be embedded and said watermark is embedded in said audio-video data during playback by a decoder based upon said watermark appropriate information and watermark data stored in said decoder, wherein said watermark data stored in said decoder is unique to said decoder; and a second circuit configured to communicate said watermark appropriate information either in-band with or out-of-band from a bit stream comprising said audio-video data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 31)
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19. A method for watermarking audio-video data comprising the steps of:
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performing one or more analyses selected from the group consisting of spatial analysis, temporal analysis and transform domain analysis, on said audio-video data in an encoder; and communicating a result of said one or more analyses from said encoder to a decoder either in-band with or out-of-band from a bit stream comprising said audio-video data, wherein a watermark is embedded in said audio-video data by said decoder during playback based upon said result of said one or more analyses and watermark data stored in said decoder, wherein said watermark data stored in said decoder is unique to said decoder. - View Dependent Claims (20, 29, 30)
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21. An apparatus for decoding a compressed bit stream comprising:
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a first circuit configured (i) to detect watermark appropriate information communicated in-band with or out-of-band from an audio-video data bit stream and (ii) to extract said watermark appropriate information, wherein said watermark appropriate information describes a location within said audio-video data where a watermark can be embedded in said audio-video data by said apparatus during playback; and a second circuit configured to embed one or more watermarks in said audio-video data at playback based upon said watermark appropriate information and watermark data stored in said apparatus, wherein said watermark data stored in said apparatus is unique to said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for decoding a compressed bit stream comprising:
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detecting watermark appropriate information communicated from an encoder either in-band with or out-of-band from an audio-video data bit stream, wherein said watermark appropriate information describes a location within said audio-video data where a watermark can be embedded in said audio-video data by a decoder during playback; extracting said watermark appropriate information; and embedding one or more watermarks in said audio-video data during playback using said decoder based on said watermark appropriate information and watermark data stored in said decoder, wherein said watermark data stored in said decoder is unique to said decoder. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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