Managing Rights Management

Alibaba and Walmart Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Alibaba, the first application discloses techniques for blockchain-based music originality analysis. Assigned to Walmart, the second application discloses techniques for collaborative sharing of information.

Symbiont.IO and Capital One Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuedays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Symbiont.IO, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for implementing a smart contract on a distributed ledger technology platform. Assigned to Capital One, the second patent addresses techniques for authorizing the sharing of data and sharing data between a variety of systems.

Strong Force and Householder Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and digital rights management. Assigned to Strong Force IP, the first application discloses techniques for creating an aggregate stack of intellectual property. Assigned to Householder, et al., the second application discloses techniques for ultra-secure blockchain enabled analytics

Philips and Datalogic IP Digital Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Philips (NL), the first patent addresses techniques for image recording and 3D information acquisition. Assigned to Datalogic IP Tech, the second patent addresses techniques for digital watermark localization based upon background foreground estimation.

InfoNetworks and Merck 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 ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to InfoNetworks, the first application discloses techniques for verification of pseudonymous credentials for digital identities with managed access to personal data on trust networks. Assigned to Merck, the second application discloses techniques for receiving object data representing one or more discriminating characteristics of a physical object or group of physical objects.

Google Fingerprinting and Wistaria Trading 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 Google, the first patent addresses techniques for detecting abusive stereoscopic videos by generating fingerprints for multiple portions of a video frame.  Assigned to Wistaria Trading LTD (BM) [Hi Scott], the second patent addresses techniques for utilizing data reduction in steganographic and cryptographic systems.

Walmart and Duvon Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Walmart, the first application discloses techniques for automatically authorizing digital rights access. Assigned to Duvon, the second application discloses techniques for autonomous exchange via entrusted ledger immutable distributed database.

Cambridge Blockchain and Labyrinth Research Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Cambridge Blockchain, the first patent addresses techniques for managing relationships among digital identities. Assigned to Labyrinth Research, the second patent addresses techniques for unified control of privacy-impacting devices.

Two Infrared5 Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and DRM broadly construed. Both of today's Spotlight Applications are assigned to Infrared5, Inc.  The first application discloses techniques for utilizing a block-chain or central stream manager to securely and reliably stream multimedia in real-time over a distributed network. The second application discloses techniques that utilize a blockchain to verify and compensate devices for computational resources contributions when streaming multimedia over a decentralized network.

Clause and Accenture Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Clause, the first patent addresses techniques for forming, storing, managing, and executing contracts. Assigned to Accenture, the second patent addresses techniques for entitlement tracking and control with blockchain technology.

Ares and Liquineq Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Ares Technologies, the first application discloses techniques for authenticating a digitally signed assertion using verified evaluators. Assigned to Liquineq (Ch), the second application discloses techniques for a multi-tiered distributed network transactional database.

Gracenote and Tencent 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 media channel identification with video multi-match detection and disambiguation based on audio fingerprint. Assigned to Tencent (CN), the second patent addresses techniques for image information recognition processing.

Rovi and Accenture Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

The USPTO publishes new patent applications on Thursday. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Rovi Guides, the first application discloses techniques for providing media asset recommendations based on distributed blockchain analysis. Assigned to Accenture, the second application discloses techniques for active state synchronization between distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms.

Google and Toshiba Digital Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Google, the first patent addresses techniques for secure session-based video watermarking for online media streaming. Assigned to Toshiba, the second patent addresses techniques for a generating unit that makes use of a key random number which is input, and outputs a filter for determining a first band and a second band which represent at least a single pair of frequency bands in which a digital watermark bit is to be embedded.

CEA and Proclus Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continues the theme of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to CEA (FR), the first of this week's applications discloses techniques for managing access to personal data by means of a smart contract. Assigned to Proclus (CN), the second application discloses techniques for implementing automatic transaction rebroadcasting for transient blockchains.

Walmart and Americorp Blockchian and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Walmart, the first patent addresses techniques for managing reservations and deliveries for a docking station. Assigned to Americorp Financial, the second patent addresses techniques for generating a customized view of a blockchain transaction.

ZhongAn Technology and 8eo Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to 8eo, the first application discloses techniques for content management across a multi-party conferencing system. Assigned to ZhongAn Technology (CN), the second application discloses techniques for smart contract upgrades based on alliance chain.

USPS and Telepathy Labs Blockchain Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to the USPS, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for a digital trust architecture. Assigned to Telepathy Labs, the second patent addresses techniques for social engineering identification and alerting.

Accenture and Alibaba Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Accenture, the first application discloses techniques for a decentralized supply chain for three-dimensional printing based on distributed ledger technology. Assigned to Alibaba, the second application discloses techniques for verifying the integrity of data stored in a consortium blockchain using a public sidechain.

Verizon and Telepathy Labs Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Verizon, the first patent addresses techniques for using blockchains in conjunction with virtual SIM cards. Assigned to Telepathy Labs, the second patent addresses techniques for deprovisioning.

Intertrust and Biyani Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed.Assigned to Intertrust (Hi Dave), the first application discloses techniques for facilitating the secure recording and use of assertions made by entities regarding other entities.  Assigned to Amit Biyani, the second application discloses techniques for a shared and synchronous time series identification that matches a hardware clock-generating signal of a blockchain identified node device, with a generated data event time stamp and shared by all computing nodes participating in a complete system based on a blockchain design pattern and protocol.

Chicago Merc Ex and Cryptographic ASICs Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the first patent addresses techniques for a bilateral assertion model and ledger implementation. Assigned to Cryptographic ASICs, the second patent addresses a cryptographic ASIC with self-verifying unique internal identifier.

Accenture and Walmart Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications  concern aspects of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Accenture, the first application discloses techniques for blockchain enhanced entitlement control. Assigned to Walmart, the second application discloses techniques for blockchain-based  supply chain control.

BofA and Strong Force IOT Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to BofA, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for tracking transfer of resources in a process data network. Assigned to Strong Force IOT, the second patent addresses techniques for the industrial internet of things.

OSRAM and IDLogic Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to OSRAM (DE) the first application discloses including blockchains for controlled agricultural systems and methods of managing agricultural systems. Assigned to IDLogic, the second application discloses techniques for secure serialization of supply chain product units.

Crystal Computing and Nielsen Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned To Crystal Computing, the first patent addresses techniques for synchronizing metadata with audiovisual content. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the second patent addresses techniques for video fingerprinting based on Fourier transform of histogram.

Alibaba and Denso Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Alibaba, the first application discloses techniques for asymmetric key management in consortium blockchain networks. Assigned to Denso (JP), the second application discloses techniques for authenticating and authorizing devices.

Monegraph and Blockchain ASICs Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Monegraph, the first patent addresses techniques for rights transfers using block chain transactions. Assigned to Blockchain ASICs, the second patent addresses techniques for a transform-enabled integrated circuit with a combined transformation/hashing block, such as for cryptographic proof-of-work systemsl

Sony and IBM 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 Sony, the first application discloses techniques for the transport and acquisition of DRM-related information. Assigned to IBM, the second application discloses techniques for video composition by dynamic linking.

IBM and Winklevoss Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to IBM, the first patent addresses concomitance of an asset and identity block of a blockchain. Assigned to Winklevoss IP, the second patent addresses techniques for generating a stable value digital asset tied to a blockchain.