Content management based on dither-like watermark embedding

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PATENT NO 9805434
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14830591

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Methods, devices and computer program products allow embedding and detection of watermarks into and from a multimedia content. One watermark embedding method includes selecting a content segment that lacks inherent features for embedding of watermarks without producing perceptible artifacts, and obtaining a first dither pattern corresponding to a first watermark symbol of a watermark symbol alphabet, where each symbol is associated with a particular dither pattern. Further, each particular dither pattern, upon combination with the multimedia content segment that lacks inherent features, produces a composite content segment without perceptible artifacts. By combining the first dither pattern with the multimedia content segment that lacks inherent features, a first composite content segment with the first embedded watermark symbol is produced. The detection of watermarks messages can be carried out quickly by examining a small portions of the multimedia because even the featureless content segments include embedded watermarks.

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VERANCE CORPORATION4435 EASTGATE MALL SUITE 200 SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Petrovic, Rade San Diego, US 107 7168
Winograd, Joseph M San Diego, US 94 5161
Zhao, Jian San Diego, US 422 5285

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