Patent ID: 8272067

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying, by an apparatus, an identifiable video object from a video picture of a digital video having video content and commercial content, the video picture contained within the video content; encoding by the apparatus the identifiable video object as a video overlay object; encoding by the apparatus the commercial content based on generating a first key frame containing the commercial content, and storing the video overlay object within the first key frame as an object that is not displayed as part of the commercial content; and encoding by the apparatus the video picture based on generating a second key frame that includes a default video object in place of the identifiable video object, the default video object including an overlay reference to the video overlay object within the first key frame, wherein the commercial content is protected based on an unavailability of the first key frame containing the video overlay object, during rendering of the second key frame, causing display of the default video object to visually corrupt the video picture.