Synamedia Limited

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Anatoly Seldin

Humberto Jose La Roche

Dan Ariel Elbert

Vadim Kharitonsky

Max Sorkin

Hillel Michael Solow

Ian Bastable

Gareth John Bowen

Erez Waisbard

Zorach Reuven Wachtfogel

Clint Earl Ricker

David S Morgan

Carmi Bogot

Alexander Kreines

Dany Kharitonsky

Lev Reitblat

Peter Gibbs

Meidad Zaharia

Moshe Elad

Armin Kasum

David Mail

Yair Aronshtam

Anna Greenberg

Sara Zevin

Anti-collusion techniques that use multiple watermark images are described herein. In accordance with various embodiments, a client device includes a processor and a non-transitory memory. The client device obtains a watermark image representing a watermark identifier. The client device further generates multiple variants of the watermark image representing the watermark identifier, where the multiple variants differ in parameters. The client device also selects a first variant from the multiple variants to bind with a media content item at a first time. The client device additionally binds the first variant with the media content item for rendering.

Anti-collusion system using multiple watermark images

Techniques for a trusted system for secure content distribution and trusted recording of content consumption are described. In some embodiments, the trusted system transcodes and transcrypts a media content item using a key obtained from a content provider and one or more keys based on an entitlement from a service provider to generate an encrypted media content item. The trusted system further receives a request to provide the media content item to a client device. The trusted system also obtains a signed audit token recording the request upon an authorization by the service provider based on the entitlement and a confirmation by the content provider, where the signed audit token is signed by the content provider and the service provider. The trusted system additionally provides the one or more keys for decrypting the encrypted media content item and reports the signed audit token.

Secure content distribution and trusted recording of content consumption

A method for managing content in a network having one or more user devices and one or more edge computing systems includes determining a likelihood that a user device will connect to an edge computing system during a time window, based on the determined likelihood, storing on the edge computing system information reflecting an activity pattern associated with the user device, receiving a request for content from the user device, generating metadata based on the stored information and the request, and transmitting the metadata to the user device.

Systems and methods for managing content in a network

In one embodiment, a first value is computed on a networked computing device, the first value being associated with storing a recording of a broadcast video at a first cloud storage device situated in a first one of a plurality of regions, for playback on a remote client device situated in the first one of the plurality of regions, the first value being a measure of user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources. A second value is computed on the networked computing device, the second value being associated with storing the recording of the broadcast video at a second cloud storage device situated in a second one of the plurality of regions, for playback on a remote client device situated in the second one of the plurality of regions, the second value being a measure of user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources. The first and second values are compared on the networked computing device in order to determine a preferred storage region, the recording of the broadcast video is stored on the one of the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device in the preferred storage region, and the one of the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device in the preferred storage region is instructed to store the recording of the broadcast video. Related hardware, systems, and methods are also described.

System and method for cloud digital video recorders

A multimedia content distribution method including a) storing an item of a multimedia content, b) firstly transcoding the content for playback on a first multimedia device, c) generating a content ID of the firstly transcoded content, d) storing the content ID of the firstly transcoded content in association with the stored content, e) accessing the stored content using the content ID of the firstly transcoded content, and f) secondly transcoding the stored content for playback on a second multimedia device.

Optimally adapting multimedia content for mobile subscriber device playback

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Anatoly Seldin