Systems, apparatus, and methods to improve watermark detection in acoustic environments

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:

• determining that media content is scheduled to be accessed by a media device within a time window after a publishing of the media content by a media provider;
• and
• encoding, in response to the determining, the media content with a multilayer watermark,
• wherein the encoding comprises encoding a sequence of multiple bits on two different encoding layers, and
• wherein the sequence indicates a media state.

A method for encoding a multilayer watermark, the method comprising:

• obtaining media content;
• determining that the media content is scheduled to be accessed by a media device within a time window after a publishing of the media content by a media provider;
• and
• encoding, in response to the determining, the media content with the multilayer watermark,
• wherein the encoding comprises encoding a sequence of multiple bits on two different encoding layers, and
• wherein the sequence indicates a media state.