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US 11,689,782 B2Granted
Content distribution pipeline watermarking
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsNigel Bradley, Timothy Innes, James Pratt, Eric Zavesky
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Abstract
Methods, computer-readable media, and devices for tracking an accessing of a media content via a watermark embedded by a network node are disclosed. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may receive, from a first network node, a first copy of a watermark that is embedded by the first network node in a media content. The processing system may further receive a notification comprising a second copy of the watermark and an identification of a first endpoint device, the notification associated with an accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device, and record the accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including at least one processor, from a first network node, a first copy of a watermark, wherein the watermark is embedded by the first network node in a media content;
- receiving, by the processing system, a notification comprising a second copy of the watermark and an identification of a first endpoint device, wherein the notification is associated with an accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device, wherein the watermark is one of a plurality of watermarks in the notification, wherein each of the plurality of watermarks is embedded in the media content by one of:
- a distributor of the media content or one of a plurality of network nodes in a distribution pipeline of the media content, wherein the plurality of network nodes includes the first network node, and wherein each respective watermark of the plurality of watermarks identifies one of:
- the distributor of the media content or the one of the plurality of network nodes in the distribution pipeline of the media content that inserted the each respective watermark;
- determining, by the processing system, in response to receiving the notification, that the first endpoint device has not been charged to access the media content;
- recording, by the processing system, a charge to an account associated with the first endpoint device;
- and
- recording, by the processing system, the accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device, wherein the recording records that the media content that is accessed by the first endpoint device was distributed via the distribution pipeline of the media content.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, from a first network node, a first copy of a watermark, wherein the watermark is embedded by the first network node in a media content;
- receiving a notification comprising a second copy of the watermark and an identification of a first endpoint device, wherein the notification is associated with an accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device, wherein the watermark is one of a plurality of watermarks in the notification, wherein each of the plurality of watermarks is embedded in the media content by one of:
- a distributor of the media content or one of a plurality of network nodes in a distribution pipeline of the media content, wherein the plurality of network nodes includes the first network node, and wherein each respective watermark of the plurality of watermarks identifies one of:
- the distributor of the media content or the one of the plurality of network nodes in the distribution pipeline of the media content that inserted the each respective watermark;
- determining, in response to receiving the notification, that the first endpoint device has not been charged to access the media content;
- recording a charge to an account associated with the first endpoint device;
- and
- recording the accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device, wherein the recording records that the media content that is accessed by the first endpoint device was distributed via the distribution pipeline of the media content.
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A device comprising:
- a processing system including at least one hardware processor;
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- a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, from a first network node, a first copy of a watermark, wherein the watermark is embedded by the first network node in a media content;
- receiving a notification comprising a second copy of the watermark and an identification of a first endpoint device, wherein the notification is associated with an accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device, wherein the watermark is one of a plurality of watermarks in the notification, wherein each of the plurality of watermarks is embedded in the media content by one of:
- a distributor of the media content or one of a plurality of network nodes in a distribution pipeline of the media content, wherein the plurality of network nodes includes the first network node, and wherein each respective watermark of the plurality of watermarks identifies one of:
- the distributor of the media content or the one of the plurality of network nodes in the distribution pipeline of the media content that inserted the each respective watermark;
- determining, in response to receiving the notification, that the first endpoint device has not been charged to access the media content;
- recording a charge to an account associated with the first endpoint device;
- and
- recording the accessing of the media content by the first endpoint device, wherein the recording records that the media content that is accessed by the first endpoint device was distributed via the distribution pipeline of the media content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.