Managing Rights Management

Kachingle and Wibu added to vendor lists

Kachingle has been added to the "Related/Adjacent" list and Wibu has been added to the "DRM Components" list. Read more →

Dolby and Frauhofer Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Dolby, the first application discloses techniques for distributed media fingerprint repositories. Assigned to Frauhofer (DE), the second application discloses techniques for for synchronizing multichannel extension data with an audio... Read more →

Amazon and Sony DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Amazon, the first patent addresses techniques for managing access to media files. Assigned to Sony, the second patent addresses techniques for mode detection of data transfer between a source device... Read more →

Qualcomm and Irdeto Conditional Access Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of conditional access systems. Assigned to Qualcomm, the first application discloses techniques for connectivity dependent application security for remote devices. Assigned to Irdeto, the second applicaton discloses techniques for controlling the validity period of... Read more →

Panasonic and IBM Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Panasonic, the first patent addresses watermarking techniques for sound encoding. Assigned IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for embedding and detecting watermarks based on embedded positions in document layout. 7,873,512, "Sound... Read more →

Disney and Irdeto 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 Disney, the first application discloses techniques for using a digital receipt with an interoperable keychest. Assigned to Irdeto, the second application discloses techniques for processing recordable content in... Read more →

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 indentifying a device implementing a digital rights management protocol. Assigned to Samsung, the second patent addresses techniques for managing digital rights of portable... Read more →

TVU Networks and Uniloc Digital Fingerprint Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publshes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to TVU Networks, the first application discloses techniques for fingerprint-based copyright protection of real-time content. Assigned to Uniloc, the second application discloses techniques for determining authorization to operate licensed software based... Read more →

Landmark Fingerprinting and NTT Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight Patents deal with aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Landmark Digital Services, the first patent concerns techniques for recognizing sound and music signals in high noise and distortion. Assigned to NTT, the second patent concerns watermarking techniques that... Read more →

Vendor and Organization Lists Updated, Corrected

The lists of vendors and rights related organizations have been updated or corrected as necessary. I believe that they are now accurate. Please let me know of further additions, deletions, corrections. Read more →