Bill Slawski analyzes the implications of Google's recent acquisition of WideVine by digging into the company's patent filings. He found about 40 pending patents and about 16 granted, including
watermarking techniques. Slawski doesn't note this in the post, but some of the patents could be used to encapsulate or trigger ads. Many encrypting technologies allow the transmission of packeted
information, though it's not clear if these patents can or will be used to support this type of service.
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