Managing Rights Management

Apple and Adobe DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Apple, the first application discloses a client-server system with security for untrusted server. Apparently assigned to Adobe, the second application discloses techniques for transparently authenticating a user to a digital rights management entity.

Intertrust and Samsung DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first patent addresses trusted and secure techniques for item delivery and execution. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the second of today's patents addresses techniques for managing digital rights using portable storage device.

Invention Science and Upload Technologies DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to The Innovation Science Fund, the first patent addresses a control technique for object production rights. Assigned to Upload Technologies (LU), the second patent addresses techniques for digital rights management of digital media.

Samsung and eBay DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first application discloses techniques for using contents information in digital rights management. Assigned to eBay, the second application discloses techniques for sending and receiving digital goods through a service provider.

Intertrust and Feitian DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications.  Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for protecting and governing genomic and other information. Assigned to Feitian Technologies (CN), the second application discloses techniques for accessing and protecting e-book data.

Two Canon DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management and both are assigned to Canon (JP).The first patent concerns an access rights system where the user does not install any specific application. The second patent concerns access rights in the context of workflow management.

mSpot and Seagate DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to mSpot, the first application discloses techniques for improving digital rights management. Assigned to Seagate, the second application discloses techniques for an anchor point DRM system.

Cox and General Instrument DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Cox Communications, the first of today's patents concerns techniques for content protection and digital rights management. Assigned to General Instrument, the second patent concerns techniques for securely transferring content from set-top box to personal media player.

Tata and Nokia DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Tata (IN), the first application discloses classification-based digital rights management. Assigned to Nokia (FI), the second application discloses techniques for provisioning resource credentials based on social networking data.

Nokia and Intarsia Software DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Nokia (FI), the first patent concerns techniques for providing protected content to one or more devices by reacquiring the content from a service. Assigned to Intarsia Software, the second patent concerns techniques for data copyright management.

NEC and Vringo DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to NEC (JP), the first of today's applications discloses an access management system for mobile and enterprise systems. Assigned to Vringo Infrastructure, the second application discloses techniques for Copyrights with post-payments for P2P file sharing.

Intertrust and IBM DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first patent addresses techniques for governing content rendering, protection, and management applications. Assigned to IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for procuring and auditing digital rights management data.

Follett and Ericsson DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Follett, the first application discloses techniques for distributing digital content to customers at a plurality of points of transaction that allows each content provider to use its own method of digital rights management. Assigned to Ericsson, the second application discloses techniques for establishing a secured communication channel using a digital rights management agent.

Microsoft and Postech DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first of today's patents concerns techniques for managing domains for digital media. Assigned to Postech Academy--Industry Foundation (KR), the second patent concerns techniques for providing DRM interoperability.

Ericsson and Tata DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Ericsson, the first application discloses for establishing a secured communication channel for communicating digital content. Assigned to Tata Consultancy Services (IN), the second application discloses techniques for access rights management in enterprise digital rights management systems.

ITRI and Evidian DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are publishes on Thursdays by the USPTO.Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW), the first application discloses techniques that include using a DRM packer, a DRM object database, a distribution manager, a tracking recording unit, and an index controller. Assigned to Evidian, the second application discloses techniques for remotely locking/unlocking a machine.

Microsoft and Apple DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first of today's patents concerns a digital rights management scheme for an on-demand distributed streaming system. Assigned to Apple, the second patent concerns the use of run-time code injection to perform checks.

Tata and Huawei DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Tata Consultancy Services (IN), the first application discloses techniques for enterprise digital rights management. Assigned to Huawei Technologies (CN), the second application discloses technques for making system constraints of a specified permission in digital rights management.

Adobe and Nvidia DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe Systems, the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management using digital signatures. Assigned to Nvidia, the second patent addresses techniques for secure content enabled drive digital rights management.

IV's 3D Printing DRM Patents and Applications

At recent International CES shows, I've been eyeballing 3D printer technologies and vendors.  Last October, Ryan Whitwam wrote that:

While you were busy getting yourself all worked up and declaring 3D printing the beginning of a new age, one of the most maligned figures in modern patent law is preparing to rain on your parade. Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft CTO and founder of patent holder Intellectual Ventures, has managed to get an expansive patent on 3D printing DRM. That 3D printing revolution we’ve been hoping for just got a lot trickier.

Turns out that the patents Whitwam references belong either to Searete, LLC or to The Invention Science Fund I, LLC, both apparently vehicles of Intellectual Ventures. Myhrvold is not listed as inventor.

Here is a list of Searete's and Invention Science's US patent and pending applications that address digital rights management and 3D printing and, more generally, secure manufacturing. Some pendings are continuations of the same specification and differ only in the claims. Nonetheless, this list does provide an overview into Intellectual Ventures' efforts in these areas.

Samsung and Toshiba DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first of today's patents concerns techniques for protecting digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system. Assigned to Toshiba (JP), the second patent concerns an AV communication control circuit for realizing copyright protection with respect to radio LAN.

International CES 2013: Observations

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As the 2013 International CES (no longer officially the "Consumer Electronics Show") winds down in Las Vegas, a few observations.

• The show broke records in terms of show floor space--1.9 million square feet-- and attendance--150,000 people. The show felt much more crowded than it did last year. Long lines, very crowded show floor, etc.
• Noticeable was the continued absence of Apple and the absence on the show floor this year of an official Microsoft booth(s), this after Balmer announced Microsoft's withdrawal from the show last year. The official absence of both Apple and Microsoft felt like there were a couple of huge holes in the show. Given the empty conceptual space, if you will, the view provided--however broad and deep--has important limitations, chief among them is that it's not possible to leave the show with a reasonably complete picture of the "space."
• At the same time, Microsoft did have a substantial presence, but one had to look for it in the products of Microsoft's partners in the smartphone, PC, tablet, and other verticals.
• DRM remains alive and well in the TV / video / Blu-ray / Xbox / mobile space. The major smart TV vendors (LG, Samsung and then Panasonic, Sony, and may Sharp) remain committed to controlling video content, especially streaming movies, TV shows, and the like.

IBM and Siemens DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spolight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to IBM, the first application discloses techniques for DRM including a user registration request.  Assigned to Siemens (DE), the second application discloses techniques for making EDRM-protected data objects available.

Adobe and Microsoft DRM Patents

Even on New Years, the USPTO issues new patents on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe, the first patent concerns techniques for protecting a document with multiple digital rights management systems. Assigned to Microsoft, the second of today's patents concerns the use of DRM to secure and monitize modular software defined radio components.

Siemens and ATT DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the UPSTO publishes new pending patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Siemens (DE), the first of today's applications discloses techniques for operating a virtual machine in accordance with an associated information on assignment of rights. Assigned to AT&T, the second application discloses techniques for managing digital content.

LG and Broadcom DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to LG Innotek (KR), the first application discloses techniques for protecting electronic ebooks and contents. Assigned to Broadcom, second application discloses techniques for the wireless transmission of protected content.

IBM and Sony DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to IBM, the first patent concerns techniques for the automatic identification of subject-executed code and subject-granted access rights. Assigned to Sony (JP), the second patent concerns techniques for distributing content over a network.

Tata and General Instrument DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the UPSTO publishes new pending patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Tata Consultancy Services (IN), the first application discloses techniques for enterprise digital rights management. Assigned to General Instrument, the second application discloses techniques for registering a DRM client.

Microsoft and LG Electronics DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for protecting digital media of various content types. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for authenticating between DRM agents for moving Rights Objects.

Samsung and AuthenTec DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first application discloses techniques for providing DRM service. Assigned to AuthenTec, the second application discloses techniques for protecting digital contents with digital rights management.

Sony and Samsung DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Sony (JP), the first patent concerns a content receiver that is compatible with a plurality of rights management and protection methods (RMP) devised for each content distribution system. Assigned to Samsung, the second patent concerns

Apple and Huawei DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Apple, the first application discloses techniques for decoupling rights in a digital content unit from download. Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (CN), the second application discloses techniques for processing rights objects.

SAP and NTT DoCoMo DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to SAP (DE), the first patent addresses techniques for a secure distributed item-level discovery service using secret sharing. Assigned to NTT DoCoMo (JP), the second patent addresses a content transmission system and techniques for protecting copyrighted works.

Sony and Cheng Holdings DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Sony (JP), the first patent concerns a digital rights management dongle. Assigned to Cheng Holdings, the second patent concerns techniques for validating protected intra-system interconnects for digital rights management in electrical computers and digital data processing systems.

Philips and Intel DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Philips, the first application discloses techniques for digital rights management using attribute-based encryption. Apparently assigned to Intel, the second application discloses techniques for connecting mobile devices, internet-connected vehicles, and cloud services.

Samsung and CFPH Copyright-related Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents.Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management and copyright protection. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first of today's patents concerns techniques for utilizing DVD content through a home network that address the concerns of copyright holders. Assigned to CFPH, LLC, the second patent concerns techniques for electronic file use and management without violating copyrights that copyright holders have in the files.

Ericsson and Nokia DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents.  Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Ericsson (SE), the first patent addresses techniques for achieving a secure recording and storing of a recorded activity is based on an extended Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. Assigned to Nokia, the second patent addresses a a digital rights management (DRM) license manager to protect software applications from unauthorized use.

LG and Intel DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for managing digital rights of secure removable media. Assigned to Intel, the second patent addresses access rights in devices at least one of which is connected wirelessly.

France Telecom and ZTE DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to France Telecom (FR), the first application discloses a client agent and other techniques for monitoring the use of protected content. Assigned to ZTE Corporation,

Samsung and Philips DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for managing the digital rights of a remote device. Assigned to Philips (KL), the second patent addresses technques for processing rights relating to conctent that can be communicated between devices.

Two Apple Security-Related Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of security and encryption and both are assigned to Apple. The first application discloses techniques for counteracting memory tracing on computing systems by code obfuscation. The second application discloses techniques for implementing block cipher algorithms on attacker-controlled systems.

Sony and LG Reissued DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management and both are Reissues after a re-examination process at the PTO. Assigned to Sony (JP), the first patent addresses techniques for copy control, for a video signal with copyright signals superimposed as predetermined bits in the VBID data of the video signal. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for converting audio data encrypted for anti-piracy and copyright protection to a suitable format so that the data can be played in a portable device.

Two Rights Management Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applicaitons concern aspects of digital rights management. The first application discloses techniques for facilitating client-side digital rights compliance, no assignee given. Assigned to Philips (NL), the second applicaiton discloses techniques for restoring domain management.

Samsung and ETRI DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for temporarily using DRM contents. Assigned to ETRI (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for executing interoperable digital rights management

LG and Sprint DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to LG Electronics, the first patent addresses domain upgrade methods in digital rights management.  Assigned to Sprint, the second patent addresses a digital rights management integrated service solution.

Two Rights Management Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Nokia, the first application discloses techniques for digital rights decomposition. The second application discloses techniques for DRM plugins, no assignee given.

Discretix and Ericsson DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Discretix Technologies (IL), the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management utilizing supplemental content. Assigned to Ericsson (SE), the second patent addresses of techniques for securely delivering streaming data.

BMW and Limelight DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to BMW (DE), the first application discloses techniques for configuring infotainment applications in a motor vehicle. Assigned to Limelight Networks, the second application discloses techniques for an electronic copyright license repository.

Disney and Samsung DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Disney, the first patent addresses techniques for interoperable DRM. Assigned to Samsung, the second patent addresses techniques for processing digital rights objects.

Two DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to General Instrument, the first application discloses techniques for trading unused digital rights. The second application discloses techniques for identity management in wireless devices, no assignee given.