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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Kuriacose Joseph, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hanno Basse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Eugene Suharev, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kuriacose Joseph, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hanno Basse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Eugene Suharev, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for remote watermarking of a media program is disclosed. The method inserts a pattern of substituted second versions of media program portions that are invisible to the viewer, into reproduced copies of the media program. The method permits the watermarking of encrypted media programs.