| CPC H04N 19/46 (2014.11) [H04N 19/159 (2014.11); H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/177 (2014.11); H04N 19/188 (2014.11)] | 15 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
obtaining an encoded video sequence composed of encoded image frames;
generating a set of one or more frame fingerprints for each encoded image frame, wherein a frame fingerprint is a unique identifier of an encoded image frame, and wherein the frame fingerprint is obtained by:
performing a hashing operation or a checksum operation on the encoded image frame or a subset thereof, or
digitally signing the encoded image frame or a subset thereof with asymmetric cryptography;
generating a document comprising a header of a supplemental information unit, and a representation of the generated sets of one or more frame fingerprints;
generating a document signature by digitally signing the document, wherein the document signature is a digital signature for the document and the digital signature is generated by applying asymmetric cryptography to the document;
generating the supplemental information unit to only consist of the document, the document signature and an indication of an end of the supplemental information unit; and
providing the encoded video sequence with a signature by associating the generated supplemental information unit with the encoded video sequence.
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