An apparatus for and method of embedding a watermark into original
information, transmitting the watermarked information, and reconstructing
the watermark from the transmitted watermarked information include
embedding a portion of a plurality of components constituting the
watermark into the original information, and using the remaining portion
of the components as keys for reconstructing the watermark. According to
the method, since a size of data to be embedded is greatly reduced,
degradation of the watermarked information is prevented, and the
information becomes more robust against hacking attacks or errors
occurring in a variety of ways when transmitting the information.