Patent ID: 11882341
Assignee: SYNAMEDIA LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method comprising:
at a client device including a processor and a non-transitory memory:
receiving a media content stream embedded with multiple parts of a key, wherein the key is associated with proof of viewing the media content stream at the client device during a playback session of the media content stream, and the media content stream is encoded with the multiple parts of the key embedded in sections of the encoded media content stream;
decoding the media content stream during the playback session, including decoding the sections in order to play the media content stream during the playback session;
extracting and accumulating the multiple parts from the sections; and
sending an indication indicating having accumulated a set of the multiple parts as proof of viewing.