Patent ID: 7607017
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: sending from a source apparatus to a recipient apparatus information signals and data indicative of whether or not further data is to be embedded in the information signals at the recipient apparatus, storing the information signals without the further data embedded therein at the recipient apparatus, embedding the further data in the information signals at the recipient apparatus in dependence upon the indicative data; wherein the further data, when embedded in the information signals, is perceptible, determining, by the source apparatus, whether a user of the recipient apparatus complies with at least one predetermined rule governing access to the information signals, resending, when it is determined that the user has complied with the at least one predetermined rule, the indicative data from the source apparatus without resending the information signals, the resent indicative data indicating that the further data is not to be embedded in the information signals at the recipient apparatus, setting the indicative data to allow the user the access to the information signals without the embedded further data if the user complies with the at least one predetermined rule, and making the stored information signals available to the user without the further data embedded therein.