Managing Rights Management

Intertrust and Motorola Digital Rights Management Patent Applications

On Thursdays, the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications address various aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first application concerns matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management. Assigned to Motorola (General Instruments), the second application discloses techniques for distributing digital information including digital rights management information to a plurality of devices. 

DRM Patent Applications For Audience Measurement and License Renewal

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications entail the use of DRM. The first application discloses DRM techniques for audience measurement, no assignee given. The second discloses DRM techniques for license renewal, also no assignee given.

Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications concern media watermarking. The first discloses techniques for watermarking media data, no assignee given. The second discloses techniques for watermarking motion pictures, apparently assigned to Thompson.

Watermarking and Fingerprinting Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Today's Spotlight applications address various aspects of watermarking and fingerprinting. Assigned to Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, the first application discloses a digital watermark padding method, digital watermark padding device, digital watermark detecting method, digital watermark detecting device, and program. The second application discloses techniques for interactive TV data track synchronization in part using fingerprinting, no assignee given.

Watermarking Related Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of todays Spotlight applications address various aspects of watermarking digital media. Assigned to the Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute (KR), the first application discloses techniques for
selecting test stimuli for use in evaluating performance of video watermarking methods.  Assigned to Texas Instruments, the second application discloses techniques for watermarking digital media.

Watermarking and Fingerprinting Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes patent applications.Today's Spotlight applications address various techniques for using watermarking and fingerprinting. Assigned to Digimarc, the first application discloses techniques for using digital watermarks as a gateway and control mechanism. The second application discloses the use of watermarking and fingerprinting for digital data distribution detection, deterrence and disablement, no assignee given.

Digimarc and Sony Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Today's Spotlight patent applications concern fingerprinting and watermarking, which continue to be hot topics. Assigned to Digimarc, the first application discloses techniques for using watermarking and fingerprinting as object identfiers with content distribution. Assigned to Sony, the second application discloses techniques for identifying material.

Copy Protection For Recording Devices Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications address copy protection / rights management for recording devices. Assigned to Sony, the first application discloses a security module in a recording device. The second application discloses copy protection techniques for devices, no assignee given.

Philips Fingerprinting and France Telecom Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Today's Spotlight patent applications concern fingerprinting and watermarking, which continue to be hot topics. Assigned to Philips, the first of today's Spotlight applications discloses techniques for generating and detecting fingerprints for synchronizing audio and video. Assigned to France Telecom, the second application discloses techniques for the protection and monitoring of content diffusion in a telecommunications network.

Philips and IBM DRM Patent Applications

Thursday the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications address certain aspects of DRM. Assigned to Philips, the first application discloses state information in DRM identifier for ad DRM. Assigned to IBM, the second application discloses techniques for supporting digital rights management in an enhanced Java 2 runtime environment.

IBM and Digimarc Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight patent applications disclose various aspects of using watermarks. Assigned to IBM, the first application addresses techniques for contents border detection, monitoring, and contents location detection. Assigned to Digimarc, the second application addresses techniques for processing content objects.

Digimarc and Sony Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the UPSTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications address various uses of watermarking. Assigned to Digimarc, the first application discloses techniques for embedding auxiliary information within original data. Assigned to Sony, the second application discloses techniques for data decoding and commerce.

Vobile Fingerprinting and Cryptography Research Watermarking DVD Patent Applications

Every Thursday the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications address optical disc content security. Assigned to Vobile, the first application discloses techniques for fingerprinting and identifying digital versatile disc (DVDs). Assigned to CRI, the second application discloses a content security layer providing long-term renewable security that includes content watermarking.

Yamaha and Nokia Copyright Management Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight applications address various aspects of copyright / rights management. Assigned to Nokia, the first discloses a content distribution system. Assigned to Yamaha, the second discloses techniques for music generation and recording that incorporate automatic performance data requiring copyright protection.

Intertrust and NEC Watermarking Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes a new batch of patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications address the use of watermarking. Assigned to Intertrust, the first applications discloses techniques for watermarking software and other media. Assigned to NEC (China) the second application discloses techniques for media program identification based on audio watermarking.

Samsung and Moskowitz Watermarking Patent Applications

Thusdays the USPTO publishes patent applications. Both of today's spotlight applications address watermarking. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first discloses techniques for video fingerprinting in the frequency domain. Assigned to Wisteria Trading (Scott Moskowitz), the second application discloses optimization methods for the insertion, protection and detection of digital of digital watermarks in digital data.

Intertrust DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes pending patent applications. Here are a couple of rights management patent applications published today that are assigned to Intertrust. Each is a divisional - same specification but a new set of claims (inventions). I had a hand in both. The first application addresses techniques for defining, using and manipulating rights management data structures. The second addresses trusted and secure techniques for item delivery and execution.

Fingerprinting and Watermarking Patent Applications

Today's patent applications address fingerprinting and watermarking techniques to control digital content. Assigned to MarkMonitor, the first of today's spotlight applications discloses ways of detecting online abuse in images. Assigned to Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (FI), the second application discloses techniques for controlling access to and usage of a digital media object.

Microsoft Fingerprinting and Verance Watermarking Patent Applications

Yesterday the USPTO published the first batch of 2008 patent applications. In today's spotlight are two dealing with fingerprinting and watermarking. Assigned to Microsoft, the first application describes techniques for DVD identification and managed copy authorization that use fingerprinting. Assigned to Verance, the second application describes techniques for signal continuity assessment using embedded watermarks.

Microsoft Advertising and Apple Code Injection Patent Applications

The blogosphere has been busy discussing recent patent applications from Microsoft and Apple. In many cases, these applications have been discussed as if they had already been issued by the USPTO, which they have not. The Microsoft application addresses techniques for ensuring that advertising in video objects is seen before the non-advertising content is displayed. The Apple application (actually, the second of two this year with similar specifications, the first is this one from January 4th), enables code to be injected at run time into an executable. This technique can be used to bind an operating system or application to a particular hardware or software platform.

Fingerprinting and Watermarking Patent Applications

The USPTO publishes patent applications on Thursdays. Today's spotlight applications address the use of fingerprinting and watermarking in protecting digital content. The first application discloses techniques for managing, reviewing, comparing and detecting data on a wide area network, no assignee given. Assigned to Samsung, the second application discloses techniques for inserting video watermark in compression domain.

Apple and Sony DRM Patent Applications

The USPTO publishes patent applications on Thursdays. Assigned to Apple, the first of today's DRM -related applications discloses run-time code injection to perform checks. Assigned to Sony, the second application discloses techniques that make it possible for persons at remote places to enjoy simultaneous playback of various contents while promoting the protection of the copyright or the privacy.

Media Fingerprinting Patent Applications

Patent applications are partial indicators of what companies and individual inventors have been thinking about. Both of today's applications address media fingerprinting. Assigned to UMC Technologies, the first application describes techniques for fingerprinting digital content. Assigned to Widevine, the second application describes certain techniques and uses of media fingerprinting.

DRM Patent Applications

Today's patent applications address various aspects of DRM. Assigned to Microsoft, the first application discloses rights management using Recording Definition Information (RDI). Assigned to InterTrust, the second application is another divisional (same specification, different inventions / claims) of the "clearinghouse" spec, "Trusted Infrastructure Support Systems, Methods And Techniques For Secure Electronic Commerce Electronic Transaction And Rights Management."

Rights Management (DRM) Patent Applications

Every Thursday the USPTO publishes patent applications, and Thanksgiving was no exception. Assigned to DirecTV, the first application discloses techniques for secure content transfers. Assigned to Intertrust, the second is another divisional (same specification, different claims) of  "Trusted and Secure Techniques for Item Delivery and Execution".

Media Fingerprinting Patent Applications

Assigned to Vobile, the first application describes techniques for fingerprinting digital video objects based on multiresolution, multirate spatial and temporal signatures. Assigned to  Digimarc, the second application describes  techniques for  fingerprinting  media signals.

Conditional Access Patent Applications

Both of today's patent applications deal with aspects of conditional access techniques. The first discloses a conditional access system that uses Entitlement Management Messages (EMMs), no assignee given. Assigned to LG Industries (KR), the second application discloses a digital television receiver and method for processing a digital television signal.

DRM InteroperabilityThrough Transcoding Patent Application

Recently published patent applications often indicate what individuals or companies are thinking about and perhaps how DRM and related technologies may be evolving. The first of today's applications addresses transcoding techniques for DRM interoperability, no assignee given. The second application addresses ways of binding digital rights management executable code to a software application and is assigned to Macrovision.

Watermarking Patent Applications

Recently published patent applications often indicate what individuals or companies are thinking about and perhaps how DRM and related technologies may be evolving. Both of today's applications deal with aspects of watermarking. The first discloses techniques for remote control signaling using audio watermarks and is assigned to Verance. The second discloses techniques for file sharing control using digital watermarks, no assignee given.

Security and Rights Management Patent Applications

Assigned to InterTrust, the first of today's applications discloses software self-defense techniques. No assignee given, the second application discloses ways of protecting digital content.

Watermarking Patent Applications

Recently published patent applications often indicate what individuals or companies are thinking about and perhaps how DRM and related technologies may be evolving. Both of today's applications deal with aspects of watermarking. Assigned to Wistaria Trading, Inc., the first application discloses optimization methods for the insertion, protection, and detection of digital watermarks. Assigned to MyFamily.com, the second discloses ways of watermarking images.

DRM and Executables Security Patent Applications

Recently published patent applications often indicate what individuals or companies are thinking about and perhaps how DRM and related technologies may be evolving.  The first of today's published applications discloses a digital rights management system with diversified content protection processes, no assignee given. Assigned to HP, the second application discloses a way to enhance computer security by ensuring the authenticity and integrity of executable image.

DRM Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications, two of which are usually noted here each week. (Selected issued patents are noted here.)

Application publication has no bearing on whether a patent will eventually be issued based on the application. Still, issued patents and published applications are often indicators of what people have been thinking about and the kinds of things that individuals or companies believe may be useful to them in the future.

Assigned to Philips, the first application discloses a method of detecting watermarks. Assigned to Intertrust, the second addresses matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management information.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications. Publication has no bearing on whether a patent will eventually be issued based on the application. Still, issued patents and published applications are often indicators of what people have been thinking about and the kinds of things that individuals or companies believe may be useful to them in the future.

Assigned to Samsung, the first of today's applications discloses DRM with content having multiple parts. Assigned to IBM, the second application discloses ways of dynamically extending a DRM system using authenticated external Digital Property Rights (DPR) modules.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications. Publication has no bearing on whether a patent will eventually be issued based on the application. Still, issued patents and published applications are often indicators of what people have been thinking about and the kinds of things that individuals or companies believe may be useful to them in the future.

Both of today's applications address aspects of conditional access systems. The first discloses ways of using a partially encrypted multimedia stream, no assignee given. The second discloses a security integrated circuit and is assigned to STMicroelectronics.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications. Publication has no bearing on whether a patent will eventually be issued based on the application. Still, issued patents and published applications are often indicators of what people have been thinking about and the kinds of things that individuals or companies believe may be useful to them in the future.

Assigned to Motorola, the first of today's applications discloses ways of transferring digital rights. Assigned to IBM, the second application discloses techniques for auditing digital rights in a content management system.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications. Assigned to Intertrust, the first application describes ways of using cryptography for storage media electronic rights management in closed and connected appliances. Assigned to Widevine, the second application discloses ways of preventing entitlement management message (EMM) filter attacks.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications. Assigned to Microsoft, the first of today's applications describes a "rights-context elevator." Assigned to Mobile Action Technology Inc. (TW), the second application discloses a method to protect digital data using the open mobile alliance digital rights management standard.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications. Assigned to Intertrust, the first of today's applications discloses a digital rights management engine. The second application addresses conditional access technologies for cable television, no assignee given.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Assigned to Trail.com, the first of today's applications discloses dynamic rights bundling. Assigned to Philips, the second application describes connection linked rights protection.

Recently Published Patent Applications

Every Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office publishes pending patent applications. Publication has no bearing on whether a patent will eventually be issued based on the application.