Patent ID: 8311125

Claim:
A process for distributing video streams, the process comprising: adding at least one visual element to an original video stream, wherein the at least one visual element is personalized for a respective addressee, in that the at least one visual element for a particular addressee is different than for substantially any other addressee, by addition of a visual element specific to the addressee, wherein the at least one visual element comprises at least one item of information, wherein adding the at least one visual element includes replacing at least one portion of the original video stream with the at least one visual element to generate a marked video stream; sending the marked video stream to the addressee after the adding; and storing the at least one portion of the original video stream in complementary information on a multimedia server, separate from the original video stream; wherein the at least one item of information appears in its entirety in a single frame of the marked video stream; wherein when the marked video stream is displayed the at least one item of information is visible to and allows for identification of the addressee by the unaided eye; and wherein there is at least one of the single frame in the video stream, such that the at least one item of information can be displayed one or more times in the video stream.