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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Irdeto B.v., Hoofddorp, NL;

Inventor:

Dmitri Jarnikov, Hoofddorp, NL;

Assignee:

IRDETO B.V., Hoofddorp, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/835 (2011.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/219 (2019.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of facilitating a device to obtain a version of an item of content. For each section of the item of content, a content distribution system is arranged to provide one or more versions of that section. At least one section includes a plurality of differently watermarked versions of that section. A request for a section of the item of content is received. If the requested section is a section for which the content distribution system is arranged to provide a plurality of differently watermarked versions of that section, a particular version is identified based on an identifier of the device and a response a response containing an indication of the particular version of the requested section is provided to the device. The response is arranged to cause the device to request the particular version of the requested section from a corresponding location on the content distribution system.


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