Patent ID: 8363884

Claim:
A method for selectively displaying a watermark existing in a digital media file, the method comprising: in response to uploading a digital media file to a media player searching each pixel of image data of the digital media file for a transparency level coordinate value, wherein the transparency level coordinate value is selected to cause a pixel red color level, green color level and blue color level data of a pixel to be displayed within image data of the digital media file by the media player; if the searching of the image pixels finds the transparency level coordinate value in any of the pixels, determining if a group of the digital media file image data pixels each comprise the transparency level coordinate value and together define a known watermark pattern of individual image pixels represented by red color level coordinates, green color level coordinates, and blue color level coordinates of the group of pixels; if the group of pixels comprises the transparency level coordinate value and defines the known pattern of individual image pixels, determining whether the media player is a designated media player; if determined that the media player is a designated media player, modifying the value of the transparency level coordinate of each of the group of pixels so that the known watermark pattern defined by the group of pixels is not visible when the image pixel data of the digital media file is displayed by the media player; and if determined that the media player is not a designated media player, not modifying the value of the transparency level coordinate of each of the group of pixels so that the known watermark pattern as defined by the red color level coordinates, the green color level coordinates and the blue color level coordinates of the group of pixels is visible when the image pixel data of the digital media file is displayed in an image by the media player.