Managing Rights Management

LSI and Philips Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to LSI,the first patent concerns techniques for video watermarking and steganography ["hidden writing"] using simulated film grain. Assigned to Philips (NL), the second patent concerns for techniques for detecting a watermark in a... Read more →

Nvidia Watermarking and Digimarc Fingerprinting Issued Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight patents address aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Nvidia, the first patent concerns techniques for tracing distribution of video content with video watermarks. Assigned to Digimarc, the second patent concerns techniques for managing audio and other media. 7,593,543,... Read more →

Two Watermarking Patent Applications From Thomson

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications.Both of today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of digital watermarking and both are assigned to Thomson. The first application discloses techniques for watermarking an audio or video signal with watermark data using a spread spectrum. The second application discloses copy protection techniques for... Read more →

TiVo and SmarDTV and Conditional Access Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight Patents address conditional access systems used in video distribution. Assigned to TiVo, the first patent concerns conditional access techniques including those that prevent replay attacks. Assigned to SmarDTV SA, the second patent concerns techniques for selective multimedia encryption. 7,590,240, "Conditional access... Read more →

Rovi Watermarking and Philips Fingerprinting Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of digital watermarking and fingerprinting. Assigned to Rovi (nee Macrovision), the first application discloses techniques for watermarking and distributing content. Assigned to Philips (NL), the second application discloses techniques for selecting content from a stream of video... Read more →

Intertrust and Hitachi DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents deal with aspects of DRM. Assigned to Intertrust, the first patent concerns trusted and secure techniques for item delivery and execution. Assigned to Hitachi, the second patent concerns techniques for limiting high quality digital video to devices that... Read more →

Wisteria Trading and Thomson Watermarking Patent Applications

On Thusdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Wisteria Trading (hi Scott), the first application discloses stenographic {"hidden writing" or watermarking) techniques for establishing the ownership of copyrighted multimedia. Assigned to Thomson, the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

Microsoft and IBM Digital Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Microsoft, the first patent addresses techniques for positionally encoded document image analysis and labeling. Assigned to IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for protecting images with an image watermark. 7,581,171, "Positionally... Read more →