Patent ID: 7983260

Claim:
A computer-implemented system, comprising: a content delivery service implemented in a computer-readable medium and to execute on a machine; and a watermarking service implemented in a computer-readable medium and to execute on the machine; wherein the watermarking service is to generate a unique watermark sequence for a resource, the unique watermark sequence is a series of repeatable watermarks that form a key customized for the resource, each watermark in the unique watermark sequence assigned to a particular frame of content that includes multiple frames, the content delivery service is to develop and to provide a delivery plan to the resource and to provide the unique watermark sequence to the resource over a network, the delivery plan includes a path for the resource to acquire particular frames of the content from multiple different resources in order to reconstruct the unique watermark sequence, wherein the content delivery service is to provide an alternative delivery plan to the resource with the delivery plan in case the resource is unable to reconstruct the unique watermark sequence from the path provided with the delivery plan.