Pre-Processed Information Embedding System

A method, comprising:

• receiving a full-scale content and a reduced-scale content, wherein at least a portion of the full-scale content is embedded with a first logical value and the reduced-scale content comprises information necessary to modify portions of the full-scale content to contain a second logical value;
• and
• selecting a set of segments of the full-scale content in a predefined manner corresponding to a particular watermark comprising a sequence of logical values, and
• modifying the set of segments in accordance with the reduced-scale content to produce an embedded content with the particular watermark.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a full-scale and a reduced-scale content, wherein at least a portion of the full-scale content is embedded with a first logical value and the reduced-scale content comprises information necessary to modify portions of the first full-scale content to contain a second logical value;
• and
• a selector configured to select a set of segments of the full-scale content in a predefined manner corresponding to a particular watermark comprising a sequence of logical values, and
• a processor configured to modify the set of segments in accordance with the reduced-scale content to produce an embedded content with the particular watermark.

A method, comprising:

• modifying at least one portion of a host content to produce a full-scale content in a pre-defined state that accommodates subsequent embedding of both a first and a second logical values at the at least one portion, wherein subsequent embedding of a particular watermark comprising a sequence of logical values within the host content is accomplished by:
• selecting a first set of segments of the full-scale content and a second set of segments of the full-scale content in a predefined manner corresponding to the sequence of logical values;
• and
• processing the first set of segments to effect embedding of the first logical value and the second set of segments to effect embedding of the second logical value to produce an embedded content with the particular watermark.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a pre-processor configured to modify at least one portion of a host content to produce a full-scale content in a pre-defined state that accommodates subsequent embedding of both a first and a second logical values at the at least one portion, wherein subsequent embedding of a particular watermark comprising a sequence of logical values within the host content is accomplished by using:
• a selector configured to select a first set of segments of the full-scale content and a second set of segments of the full-scale content in a predefined manner corresponding to the sequence of logical values;
• and
• a processor configured to process the first set of segments to effect embedding of the first logical value and the second set of segments to effect embedding of the second logical value to produce an embedded content with the particular watermark.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a full-scale content in a pre-defined state, the full-scale accommodating subsequent embedding of both a first and a second logical values at least one portion of a host content;
• selecting a first set of segments of the full-scale content and a second set of segments of the full-scale content in a predefined manner corresponding to a particular watermark comprising a sequence of logical values;
• and
• processing the first set of segments to effect embedding of the first logical value and the second set of segments to effect embedding of the second logical value to produce an embedded content with the particular watermark.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a full-scale content in a pre-defined state, the full-scale content accommodating subsequent embedding of both a first and a second logical values at least one portion of a host content;
• a selector configured to select a first set of segments of the full-scale content and a second set of segments of the full-scale content in a predefined manner corresponding to a particular watermark comprising a sequence of logical values;
• and
• a processor configured to process the first set of segments to effect embedding of the first logical value and the second set of segments to effect embedding of the second logical value to produce an embedded content with the particular watermark.