Patent ID: 9275053
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method involving a web server coupled to a network that includes a plurality of remote nodes, the method comprising: receiving a request from a remote node for data representing audio or video information that includes a first watermark; extracting the first watermark from the data representing the audio or video information; modifying, prior to sending the data to the remote node, the data representing the audio or video information based upon the first watermark; deriving an identifier from information included in a content object received from a remote node; identifying associated rendering control instructions by reference to the identifier; embedding a second watermark in the data that comprises a rendering control instructions identifier associated with the rendering control instructions, wherein the rendering control instructions control rendering of the data at the remote node; sending the data comprising the second watermark to the remote node in response to the received request; receiving a second request comprising the rendering control instructions identifier from the remote node; and sending the rendering control instructions to the remote node.