Light Weight Content Fingerprinting for Video Playback Verification in MPEG DASH

Adaptive HTTP Streaming solutions are phasing out traditional online video distribution solutions such as progressive download. MPEG DASH is an open standardized solution that has been developed to minimize solution fragmentation and to ensure quick market adoption. However, the openness of the standard loosens the grip of content providers on the client behavior and may threaten the success of the whole ecosystem. This paper proposes a content fingerprinting and verification mechanism for restricting the client's playback behavior in such an open environment by using a very light weight Eigen thumbnail appearance differential fingerprinting. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed solution.