US Patent 11303845 Video content authentication

A recording initiation signal in relation to video content may be received. One or more generated patterns for audio and/or visual watermarking of the video content being may be sent. Cryptographic representations of one or more video content segments may be received. One or more additional video content segments may be received. It may be verified whether the received video content segments correspond to the cryptographic representations of the video content segments. The received video content segments may be processed to analyze whether the watermarking within the received video content segments match the generated patterns sent to the device.