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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2023
Synamedia Limited, Staines Upon Thames, GB;
Ian John Bastable, Hampshire, GB;
James Leigh Cunningham, Hampshire, GB;
Gwenaël Jacques Doërr, Rennes, FR;
Michal Irit Devir, Haifa, IL;
Alla Mikhlin, Kedar, IL;
Anatoly Seldin, Jerusalem, IL;
Max Sorkin, Mevaseret Zion, IL;
Synamedia Limited, Maidenhead, GB;
Abstract
Techniques for synchronized interleaved watermarking are described. In various embodiments, a headend provisions control words (CWs), generates entitlement control messages (ECMs) for producing the CWs, where each of the ECMs is associated with a watermark identifier (WMID) symbol index assigned to a watermark cryptoperiod, moves portion(s) from a video stream to auxiliary streams, generates versions of the portion(s) to embed watermark symbols within the watermark cryptoperiod, where each version represents a respective watermark symbol, and encrypts the versions using the CWs at start of the watermark cryptoperiod. On the client side, a client device storing a WMID obtains the video and encrypted auxiliary streams and the ECMs referencing the WMID symbol index and selects and decrypts an auxiliary stream using a CW during the watermark cryptoperiod based on the respective watermark symbol, the WMID symbol index, and the WMID before re-multiplexing the video and auxiliary streams for rendering.