Hardware-enforced, always-on insertion of a watermark in a video processing path

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9355426
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13981289

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A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for inserting a watermark in a media program is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving data comprising the media program in the receiver disposed at a subscriber station, generating a watermark, the watermark generated at least in part according to a secure data processor-unique identifier irreversibly stored in the secure data processor, processing the received data to reproduce the media program, and inserting portions of the generated watermark in the reproduced media program at locations determined at least in part according to the secure data processor-unique identifier to produce a watermarked media program provided for display.

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RAMBUS INC1050 ENTERPRISE WAY SUITE 700 SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carson, Jacob T Long Beach, US 12 98
Cocchi, Ronald P Seal Beach, US 55 635
Flaharty, Dennis R Shingle Springs, US 25 257
Gagnon, Gregory J Redondo Beach, US 45 1440
Gorman, Michael A Cypress, US 21 273

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