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US 10,567,470 B2Granted
Method and system for providing watermark to subscribers
AssigneePerftech, Inc.
InventorsLewis T. Donzis, Henry M. Donzis, Peter W. Baron, John A. Murphy
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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.
Claims13
A method, comprising:
- detecting a request for content comprising an originally requested webpage;
- determining that a webpage redirect can be issued to a web browser of a subscriber;
- retrieving a watermark delivery policy from a management device, wherein the watermark delivery policy is defined based on an Internet Protocol address of the subscriber;
- when it is determined that the subscriber can receive a watermark based on the watermark delivery policy associated with the Internet Protocol address of the subscriber, generating additional content comprising the watermark in a second frame;
- overlaying the second frame comprising the watermark over the content of the originally requested webpage in a first frame to create a composite webpage prior to providing the composite webpage to the web browser of the subscriber;
- and
- loading the composite webpage on the web browser with the watermark displayed in a portion of the composite webpage.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting a request for an originally requested webpage;
- retrieving a watermark delivery policy from a management device, wherein the watermark delivery policy is defined based on an Internet Protocol address of the subscriber;
- retrieving first content from a destination server, the first content comprising the originally requested webpage in a first frame when it is determined that a webpage redirect can be issued to a subscriber's web browser;
- and
- overlaying a watermark stored in a second frame as a second content over the first content to form a composite webpage, when it is determined that the subscriber can receive a watermark based on the watermark delivery policy associated with the Internet Protocol address of the subscriber, and prior to providing the composite webpage to the web browser of the subscriber;
- and
- loading the composite webpage on the web browser with the watermark displayed in a portion of the composite webpage.
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A system, comprising:
- a data processing system utilized by a subscriber of an Internet service, the data processing system comprises a web browser that initiates a request for an originally requested webpage;
- and
- a proxy server communicably coupled to the data processing system, the proxy server comprising a composite webpage comprising a watermark and the originally requested webpage, wherein the proxy server is operable to:
- detect a request for the originally requested webpage;
- retrieve a watermark delivery policy from a management device, wherein the watermark delivery policy is defined based on an Internet Protocol address of the subscriber;
- retrieve a first content comprising the originally requested webpage in a first frame when it is determined a webpage redirect can be issued to the subscribers web browser;
- overlay the watermark stored in a second frame as a second content over the first content to form the composite webpage, when it is determined that the subscriber can receive a watermark based on the watermark delivery policy associated with the Internet Protocol address of the subscriber, and prior to providing the composite webpage to the web browser of the subscriber;
- and
- load the composite webpage on the web browser with the watermark displayed in a portion of the composite webpage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.