Patent ID: 8842725

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting a first scene change between a first frame and a second frame of a video signal; selecting a selected frame in the video signal for encoding based on the scene change that is detected, the selected frame identified as a frame that occurs at least one of a first designated number of frames or a first designated time period following the scene change in the video signal; using an encoder, encoding rights-identifying data into the selected frame of the video signal by adding the data to the video signal at the selected frame; and determining whether an additional, second scene change occurs within at least one of the first designated number of frames, a second designated number of frames, the first designated time period, or a second designated time period from the scene chance that is identified, wherein encoding the data into the selected frame of the video signal occurs responsive to determining that the additional, second scene change not occurring within the at least one of the first designated number of frames, the second designated number of frames, the first designated time period, or the second designated time period.