Managing Rights Management

IBM and Dolby 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 IBM, the first application discloses techniques for verifying licenses of musical recordings with multiple soundtracks. Assigned to Dolby, the second application discloses techniques for associating information with a portion... Read more →

Sony and SanDisk DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Sony, the first patent addresses techniques for video upscaling. Assigned to SanDisk, the second patent addresses techniques for providing access to files based on user identity. 8,165,197, "Method and apparatus... Read more →

Google Watermarking and Zeitera Fingerprinting Patent Applications

On Thursdays the UPSTO publishes new pending patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications concern digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned, to Google, the first application discloses techniques for image watermarking. Assigned to Zeitera, the second application discloses a distributed and tiered architecture for content search and content monitoring that makes use... Read more →

Adobe and Microsoft Software Fingerprinting Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Adobe, the first patent addresses techniques for identifying and tracking potential property rights in software products. Assigned to Microsoft,the second patent addresses techniques for dynamic software fingerprinting. 8,160,947, "Methods and systems... Read more →

Samsung and Motorola Mobility 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 a DRM service that includes a Media Presentation Description (MPD) information configurer for determining a required DRM system. Assigned... Read more →

Adobe and IBM DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe, the first patent concerns techniques for the dynamic enabling of functionality in electronic document readers. Assigned to IBM, the second patent concerns universal DRM support for devices. 8,151,114, "Dynamic... Read more →

Sharp Watermarking and IBM Fingerprinting Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Today's Sportlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingeprinting. Assigned to Sharp (JP), the first application discloses image processing techniques including watermarking. Assigned to IBM, the second application discloses techniques for locating documents for providing data leakage prevention within... Read more →

41st Parameter Fingerprinting and Konica Minolta Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to The 41st Parameter, Inc, the first patent addresses techniques for detecting session tampering and fraud prevention. Assigned to Konica Minolta, the second patent addresses a method of embedding data in... Read more →