Method and system for providing watermark to subscribers
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1. A method for providing a watermark to a subscriber comprising:
- observing a request for a first content from a subscriber;
determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark based on a policy associated with an Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, the policy being retrieved from an addressing database based on the Internet protocol address;
if the subscriber can receive the watermark based on the policy and the Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, then examining the subscriber'"'"'s upstream traffic to determine whether a webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser;
generating a second content comprising the watermark in a second frame if the subscriber can receive a watermark;
causing the subscriber to fetch the first content comprising an originally requested webpage in a first frame if the webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser; and
causing the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark in the second frame overlaying the first content in the first frame.
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Abstract
A method for providing watermark to subscribers is provided. The method comprises observing a request for a first content from a subscriber, determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark, generating a second content comprising the watermark if the subscriber can receive a watermark, causing the subscriber to fetch the first content, and causing the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark overlaying the first content.
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1. A method for providing a watermark to a subscriber comprising:
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observing a request for a first content from a subscriber; determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark based on a policy associated with an Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, the policy being retrieved from an addressing database based on the Internet protocol address; if the subscriber can receive the watermark based on the policy and the Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, then examining the subscriber'"'"'s upstream traffic to determine whether a webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser; generating a second content comprising the watermark in a second frame if the subscriber can receive a watermark; causing the subscriber to fetch the first content comprising an originally requested webpage in a first frame if the webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser; and causing the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark in the second frame overlaying the first content in the first frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing a watermark to a subscriber comprising:
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receiving a request for a first content from a subscriber; determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark based on a policy associated with an Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, the policy being retrieved from an addressing database based on the Internet protocol address; if the subscriber can receive the watermark based on the policy and the Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, then examining the subscriber'"'"'s upstream traffic to determine whether a webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser; generating a second content comprising the watermark in a second frame if the subscriber can receive a watermark; connecting to a destination server comprising the first content; retrieving the first content from the destination server, the first content comprising an originally requested webpage in a first frame if the webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser; adding a watermark to the first content to form a second content overlaying the first content the second content comprising the watermark in the second frame overlaying the first content in the first frame; and sending the second content to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing watermark to subscribers comprising:
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a data processing system utilized by a subscriber of Internet service, the data processing system comprises a Web browser for initiating a request for a first content; a destination server communicably coupled to Internet service provider via Internet, the destination server comprises the first content; and an Internet service provider comprising a consolidating and management device, a router, and a redirecting device, the Internet service provider communicably coupled to the data processing system and the destination server, wherein the router is operable to observe a request for a first content from a subscriber, and wherein the redirecting device is operable to determine if the subscriber can receive a watermark based on a policy associated with an Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, the policy being retrieved from an addressing database based on the Internet protocol address; if the subscriber can receive the watermark based on the policy and the Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, then examine the subscriber'"'"'s upstream traffic to determine whether a webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser, generate a second content comprising the watermark in a second frame if the subscriber can receive a watermark, cause the subscriber to fetch the first content comprising an originally requested webpage in a first frame if the webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser, and cause the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark in the second frame overlaying the first content in the first frame from the data processing system via the router.
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15. A system for providing watermark to subscribers comprising:
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a data processing system utilized by a subscriber of Internet service, the data processing system comprises a Web browser for initiating a request for a Webpage; a destination server communicably coupled to Internet service provider via Internet, the destination server comprises the Webpage; and a proxy server communicably coupled to the data processing system and the destination server, the proxy server comprising a composite Webpage comprising a watermark and the Webpage, wherein the proxy server is operable to receive a request for a first content from the data processing system, determine if the subscriber can receive a watermark based on a policy associated with an Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, the policy being retrieved from an addressing database based on the Internet protocol address; if the subscriber can receive the watermark based on the policy and the Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, then examine the subscriber'"'"'s upstream traffic to determine whether a webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser; generate a second content comprising the watermark in a second frame if the subscriber can receive a watermark; connect to the destination server comprising the first content, retrieve the first content from the destination server, the first content comprising an originally requested webpage in a first frame if the webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber'"'"'s web browser, add a watermark overlaying the first content to form a second content the second content comprising the watermark in the second frame overlaying the first content in the first frame, and send the second content to the data processing system.
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