A system for broadcasting that includes a watermark payload.

A method, includes: providing at least one set of data; composing a data stream including compressed data from the at least one set of data, the at least one set of data having embedded therein a respective counter indicative of the at least one set of data, the respective counter being losslessly encoded into the compressed data; transmitting the data stream over a transmission channel; receiving the data stream; and recovering, from the data stream, the respective counter.

A method, includes: providing at least one set of data; composing a data stream including compressed data from the at least one set of data, the at least one set of data having embedded therein a respective counter indicative of the at least one set of data, the respective counter being losslessly encoded into the compressed data; transmitting the data stream over a transmission channel; receiving the data stream; and recovering, from the data stream, the respective counter.

A computer system for the creation of subliminal image or watermarks where the apparent video is an “obvious” image and a subliminal or “clandestine” image or watermark is hidden within the data structure. The concept is envisioned for the cloaking of images, sound, video or like digitized non-coded information. The cloaked files may be intended for storage, transmission, or clandestine placement in a public file system. The watermark may be used for the subliminal marking of a source of a file, its creation, or for tagging copyrighted information.

A computer system for the creation of subliminal image or watermarks where the apparent video is an “obvious” image and a subliminal or “clandestine” image or watermark is hidden within the data structure. The concept is envisioned for the cloaking of images, sound, video or like digitized non-coded information. The cloaked files may be intended for storage, transmission, or clandestine placement in a public file system. The watermark may be used for the subliminal marking of a source of a file, its creation, or for tagging copyrighted information.

Examples described herein relate to decoding and encoding signals. A method of performing signal decoding operations on one or more portions of a signal is presented. The performing is based at least in part on information embedded in one or more values received in one or more encoded data layers transmitted within a stream of encoded data, wherein said values are associated with transformed coefficients intended to be processed by a decoder for deriving elements of the signal, and wherein said information comprises an indication of watermarking information associated with the signal.

Examples described herein relate to decoding and encoding signals. A method of performing signal decoding operations on one or more portions of a signal is presented. The performing is based at least in part on information embedded in one or more values received in one or more encoded data layers transmitted within a stream of encoded data, wherein said values are associated with transformed coefficients intended to be processed by a decoder for deriving elements of the signal, and wherein said information comprises an indication of watermarking information associated with the signal.

A method of embedding a bit or more of watermark data in a video signal to be entropy coded, wherein the video signal may be a block with levels, wherein the method may include: obtaining the watermark data; and obtaining a value of a first watermarked level on the basis of a first level of the block by processing the value of the first watermarked level. There also is a method of detecting a watermark in a video signal, the video signal having been entropy decoded and with a block with a first watermarked level, wherein the method may include: receiving the video signal; obtaining at least one bit of watermark data w.sub.i′ on the basis of the first watermarked level; and determining a tampering indicator by verifying whether the obtained watermark data w.sub.i′ corresponds with watermark data w.sub.i.

A method of embedding a bit or more of watermark data in a video signal to be entropy coded, wherein the video signal may be a block with levels, wherein the method may include: obtaining the watermark data; and obtaining a value of a first watermarked level on the basis of a first level of the block by processing the value of the first watermarked level. There also is a method of detecting a watermark in a video signal, the video signal having been entropy decoded and with a block with a first watermarked level, wherein the method may include: receiving the video signal; obtaining at least one bit of watermark data w.sub.i′ on the basis of the first watermarked level; and determining a tampering indicator by verifying whether the obtained watermark data w.sub.i′ corresponds with watermark data w.sub.i.

A system for broadcasting that includes a watermark payload.