Managing Rights Management

IBM Watermarking and Gracenote Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to IBM, the first of today's applications addresses techniques for increased security using dynamic watermarking. Assigned to Gracenote, the second application addresses techniques for media channel identification with multi-match detection and disambiguation based on location.

Symbiont and Sensoriant Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Symbiont.IO, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for encrypted electronic storage and confidential network transfer of private data through a trustless distributed ledger technology system. Assigned to Sensoriant, the second patent addresses techniques for sharing and trading user data and preferences between computer programs and other entities while preserving user privacy.

Bull SAS and Michael Beck Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Bull SAS (FR), the first application discloses techniques for the creation and management of decentralized authorizations for connected objects. Apparently assigned to Michael Beck, the second application discloses techniques for a decentralized information sharing network.

Forcepoint and Denso Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Forcepoint, LLC, the first patent addresses techniques for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system. Assigned to Denso (LP), the second patent addresses techniques for authenticating and authorizing devices.

Securrency and Mayne et al Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Securrency, the first application discloses techniques for compliance aware tokenization and control of asset value. Assigned to Mayne et al., the second application discloses techniques for matching renewable energy production to end-user consumption via blockchain systems.

Averon and Nielsen Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Averon, the first patent addresses techniques for verifying a user based on digital fingerprint signals derived from out-of-band data. Assigned to Nielsen, the second patent addresses techniques for flagging advertisement frames for automatic content recognition.

Beck and nChain Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Michael Beck, the first application discloses digital containers for smart contracts. Assigned to nChain Holdings, the second application discloses an operating system for blockchain IOT devices.

Amazon and Simons Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Amazon, the first of this week's patents addresses techniques for verifiable cryptographically secured ledgers for human resource systems. Assigned to Jordan Simons, the second patent addresses a  distributed multi-ledger gambling architecture.

Two IBM Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed.

Enswers Fingerprinting and NOA Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Enswers (KR), the first patent concerns an advertisement detection system and method based on fingerprints. Assigned to NOA, the second patent concerns techniques for redacting video for compression and identification of releasing party.

NXM and nChain Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications concern blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Both applications also concern semiconductors. Assigned to nChain, the first application discloses techniques for implementing logic gate functionality using a blockchain. Assigned to NXM, the second application discloses techniques for a blockchain identification system.

MorphoTrust Watermarking and CIsco Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to MorphoTrust USA, the first patent addresses a digital identification document including a digital biometric of the person and a digital watermark, the digital watermark encoding personally identifiable information of the person. Assigned to Cisco, the second patent addresses techniques for multi-blend [digital] fingerprinting.

Intel and PWC Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Intel, the first application discloses techniques for data confidentiality in distributed ledger. Assigned to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the second application discloses techniques for validation of distributed data storage systems.

Merck and Xerox Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Merck (DE) the first patent addresses a reader device for reading a marking comprising a physical unclonable function [see spec and claims for blockchain discussions]. Assigned to Xerox, the second patent addresses techniques for secure revisioning auditing system for electronic document files.

Acxiom and Lex Persona Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays.  Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Acxiom, the first application discloses techniques for applying fingerprinting/watermarking of consumer data, and analyzing "wild files" of consumer data to assign a guilt score for a particular party who may have leaked the data. Assigned to Lex Persona, the second application discloses techniques for an open, secure electronic signature system.

Two Blockchain ASICs Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed and both are assigned to Blockchain ASICs LLC. The first patent concerns techniques for a transform-enabled integrated circuit for use in cryptographic proof-of-work systems. The second patent concerns a cryptographic ASIC and method for autonomously storing a unique internal identifier into a one-time programmable memory in isolation by a foundry.

nChain and Intensity Analytics Blockchain and DRM Patent Application

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to nChain Holdings (AG), the first application discloses techniques for implementing logic gate functionality using a blockchain.  Assigned to Intensity Analytics Corporation, the second application discloses techniques for providing attribution to blockchain transactions.

Disney Watermarking and Boeing Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Disney, the first patent addresses techniques for descriptive metadata extraction and linkage with editorial content. Assigned to Boeing, the second patent addresses techniques for generating a fingerprint for verification of a reference object.

Sony and Strong Force IOT Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Sony (JP), the first applications discloses techniques for processing a genuine instance of a digital good using a blockchain.  Assigned to  Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLC, the second application discloses techniques for the industrial internet of things.

Akiri and Blockchain ASICs Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents continue our theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Akiri, the first patent addresses techniques for trust based access to records via encrypted protocol communications with authentication system. Assigned to Blockchain ASICs, the second patent addresses techniques for a cryptographic ASIC and method for enforcing a derivative key hierarchy for managing an information stream.

Two Oracle Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed and both are assigned to Oracle. The first application discloses techniques for providing a representational state transfer proxy service for a blockchain cloud service. The second application discloses techniques for managing a blockchain cloud service.

Gracenote and NBCUniversal Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Gracenote, the first patent addresses techniques for generating and detecting a fingerprint functioning as a trigger marker in a multimedia signal. Assigned to NBCUniversal, the second patent addresses techniques for mapping affiliated graphs using video fingerprints

Kedena and Ericsson Blockchian and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Kadena, LLC, the first application discloses techniques for providing for a proof-of-work parallel-chain architecture for a distributed ledger system (e.g., a blockchain) with efficient throughout and security. Assigned to Ericsson (SE), the second application discloses techniques for handling transfer of a data object between network domains.

Two Amazon Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Both of today's patents are assigned to Amazon. The first patent addresses techniques for key distribution in a distributed computing environment. The second patent addresses techniques for key revocation.

Tencent and Waldo Photos DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Tencent (CN), the first application discloses techniques for a video detection method, server and storage medium. Assigned to Waldo Photos, the second application discloses techniques for facilitating the sale of digital images while preventing theft thereof.

Microsoft and Sony and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first patent addresses techniques for supporting a plurality of content protection systems in a single container file. Assigned to Sony (JP), the second patent addresses techniques for transport and acquisition of DRM-related information.

Tencent Fingerprinting and Disney Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Tencent (CN), the first application discloses a video detection method and a server. Assigned to Disney, the second application discloses techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content.

Proclus Technologies and Leng and Leng Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Proclus Technologies Limited (CN), the first patent addresses techniques for securing a blockchain with proof-of-transactions. Apparently assigned to the inventors, Leng and Leng, the second patent addresses techniques for splitting digital promises recorded in a blockchain.

Royal Bank of Canada and Strong Force IOT Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to the Royal Bank of Canada, the first application discloses techniques for digital reward processing. Assigned to Strong Force IOT, the second application discloses techniques for the industrial Internet of Things

Gracenote Fingerprinting and NXP Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Gracenote, the first patent addresses techniques for media channel identification and action with multi-match detection based on reference stream comparison. Assigned to NXP (NL), the second patent addresses techniques for watermarking input and output of a white-box implementation.