System and method of watermarking

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PATENT NO 9811871
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14880606

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A method of watermarking video images of a particular instance of a virtual environment is provided. The method includes selecting a plurality of virtual objects for inclusion within the virtual environment and respectively altering a physical property of the selected virtual objects from a reference value to a respective different value. The respective different value is selected responsive to respective identification values of identification data associated with that particular instance of the virtual environment. The physical property has a visible effect on the appearance of the virtual objects. The method further includes rendering, for display, the virtual environment comprising the altered virtual objects.

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SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITED10 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET LONDON W1F 7LP

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Humphries, Stephen Andrew London, GB 1 1

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