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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Telecom Italia S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Inventor:
Alberto Ciarniello, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8358 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 5/913 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/4318 (2013.01); H04N 2005/91335 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for protecting a multimedia content distributed by a content service to a user device, the multimedia content being related to a live event, wherein the method comprises, during the live event: identifying a significant segment of the live event; generating a trigger signal associated with the significant segment; at the user device, on the basis of the trigger signal, generating a marking comprising information identifying the user device; and, at the user device, applying the marking to a selected portion of the multimedia content, the selected portion corresponding to the significant segment of the live event.