Conax CAS7 Fingerprinting

For enabling tracking of illegally distributed copies of content.

The objectives of fingerprinting is to add to digital content being received via a (broadcast) medium an identity or digest identifying the recipient, and, in case of unauthorised redistribution, to be able to identify the source of such redistribution.

Conax CAS7 Fingerprinting option enables operators to embed unique fingerprints in the video stream out of the reception device. The operator may then use fingerprint detection to identify reception device from which the content origins.

Unlike standard Conax CAS7 embedded set-top boxes (STBs), Conax embedded STBs with Fingerprinting have to be configured with Conax CAS7 Pairing. Therefore, Conax STBs with pairing must be specifically produced.