Patent ID: 8850523

Claim:
A method of watermarking Internet content when a device roams between at least first, second, and third networks, the first, second, and third networks being associated with corresponding first, second, and third Internet service providers (ISPs), the first, second, and third ISPs desiring display of corresponding first, second, and third watermarks, the first, second, and third watermarks each pictorially representing the corresponding first, second, and third ISPs with individually distinguishable images, one of the first, second, and third networks being considered as a home network of the device and the remaining ones of the first, second, and third networks being considered as visitor networks, the method comprising: identifying whether the device is connected to the home network or one of the visitor networks; and in the event the device is connected to one of the visitor networks: i) identifying the home network of the device; ii) identifying a home ISP as the one of the first, second, and third ISPs corresponding with the home network; iii) processing a universal resource indicator (URI) to identify watermark attributes for the home ISP; iv) generating a rendering according to the watermark attributes identified with the URI; v) associating the rendering with content transported through the connected to one of the visitor networks, the associating causing the rendering to be interfaced with a user of the device while accessing the transported content; vi) facilitating creation of a tunnel between the client and the home ISP through which confidential information is transmitted without being exposed to the connected to one of the visitor networks, the confidential information being relied upon to select at least one or more of the watermark attributes; and the home ISP selecting the at least one or more of the watermark attributes based on the confidential information, and based thereon, transmitting the URI to the connected to one of the visitor networks for processing and identification of the watermark attributes.