Patent ID: 8489770
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a watermark to a subscriber comprising: observing a request for a first content from a subscriber; determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark based on a policy associated with an Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, the policy being retrieved from an addressing database based on the Internet protocol address; if the subscriber can receive the watermark based on the policy and the Internet protocol address associated with the subscriber, then examining the subscriber's upstream traffic to determine whether a webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber's web browser; generating a second content comprising the watermark in a second frame if the subscriber can receive a watermark; causing the subscriber to fetch the first content comprising an originally requested webpage in a first frame if the webpage redirect can be issued to the subscriber's web browser; and causing the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark in the second frame overlaying the first content in the first frame.