Managing Rights Management

SAP and NTT DoCoMo DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to SAP (DE), the first patent addresses techniques for a secure distributed item-level discovery service using secret sharing. Assigned to NTT DoCoMo (JP), the second patent addresses a content transmission system... Read more →

Samsung Watermarking and Rovi Fingerprinting Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Samsung, the first application discloses watermarking techniques for tracking hacked content and for blocking hacking of content. Assigned to Rovi, the second application discloses techniques for automated discovery... Read more →

Sony and Cheng Holdings DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Sony (JP), the first patent concerns a digital rights management dongle. Assigned to Cheng Holdings, the second patent concerns techniques for validating protected intra-system interconnects for digital rights management in... Read more →

Canon and Intel Digital Watermarking Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Canon, the first application disccloses an image forming device and image forming method. Assigned to Intel, the second application discloses and advanced watermarking system and methond. 20120257253, "Image forming... Read more →

Hitachi and Eastman Kodak Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital watermarking / fingerprinting. Assigned to Hitachi, the first patent concerns techniques for dynamically detecting image tampering. Assigned to Eastman Kodak, the second patent addresses techniques for dating images from scanned watermarks [I think this is more... Read more →

Philips and Intel 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 Philips, the first application discloses techniques for digital rights management using attribute-based encryption. Apparently assigned to Intel, the second application discloses techniques for connecting mobile devices, internet-connected vehicles,... Read more →

Samsung and CFPH Copyright-related Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents.Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management and copyright protection. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first of today's patents concerns techniques for utilizing DVD content through a home network that address the concerns of copyright holders. Assigned to CFPH, LLC, the second... Read more →

Sony and NTT DOCOMO 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 Sony (JP, the first application discloses techniques for using authentication certificates in conditional accesss systems. Assignedt to NTT DOCOMO (JP), the second application discloses techniques related to a... Read more →

Wistaria Trading and Thomson Digital Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents.Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Wisteria Trading, the first patent concerns Optimization methods for the insertion, protection, and detection of digital watermarks in digital data. Assigned to Thomson Licensing (FR), the second patent concerns techniques for determining... Read more →