Watermark extractor enhancements based on payload ranking

A device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising processor executable code, the processor executable code, when executed by the processor, configures the device to:
• receive a host content;
• obtain information indicative of a ranking of a plurality of watermark payload values, the information designating each watermark payload value within a first subset of the plurality of watermark payload values as having an associated rank value;
• based at least in-part on the information indicative of the ranking, configure the device to prioritize resource allocation for extraction of payload values that are designated as belonging to the first subset over payload values that are not designated as belonging to the first subset;
• and
• extract a payload value from one or more watermarks embedded in the host content, wherein the extracted payload value is one of the payload values designated as belonging to the first subset.

A computer program product, embodied on one or more non-transitory compute readable media, comprising:

• program code for receiving a host content at a watermark extractor device;
• program code for obtaining, at the watermark extractor device, information indicative of a ranking of a plurality of watermark payload values, the information designating each watermark payload value within a first subset of the plurality of watermark payload values as having an associated rank value;
• program code for, based at least in-part on the information indicative of the ranking, configuring the watermark extractor device to prioritize resource allocation for extraction of payload values that are designated as belonging to the first subset over payload values that are not designated as belonging to the first subset;
• and
• program code for extracting a payload value from one or more watermarks embedded in the host content, wherein the extracted payload value is one of the payload values designated as belonging to the first subset.

A device, comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a host content;
• a processor implemented at least in-part in hardware and configured to obtain information indicative of a ranking of a plurality of watermark payload values, the information designating each watermark payload value within a first subset of the plurality of watermark payload values as having an associated value;
• the processor further configured to, based at least in-part on the information indicative of the ranking, configure a watermark extractor component to prioritize resource allocation for extraction of payload values that are designated as belonging to the first subset over payload values that are not designated as belonging to the first subset, wherein:
• the watermark extractor is configured to extract at least one payload value designated as belonging to the first subset from one or more watermarks embedded in the host content.