Managing Rights Management

Follett and Ericsson DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Follett, the first application discloses techniques for distributing digital content to customers at a plurality of points of transaction that allows each content provider to use its own... Read more →

Microsoft and Postech DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first of today's patents concerns techniques for managing domains for digital media. Assigned to Postech Academy--Industry Foundation (KR), the second patent concerns techniques for providing DRM interoperability. 8,387,154,... Read more →

Ericsson and Tata DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Ericsson, the first application discloses for establishing a secured communication channel for communicating digital content. Assigned to Tata Consultancy Services (IN), the second application discloses techniques for access... Read more →

DigitalQuick

I've started using DigitalQuick from Fasoo (a spinout from Samsung). Very smart guys. App addresses a problem that's kept me off the cloud. Read more →

Broadcom Watermarking and Samsung Fingerprinting Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Broadcom, the first patent addresses techniques for robust watermark insertion and extraction for digital set-top boxes. Assigned to Samsung, the second patent addresses techniques for generating audio fingerprint and retrieving audio... Read more →

ITRI and Evidian DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are publishes on Thursdays by the USPTO.Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW), the first application discloses techniques that include using a DRM packer, a DRM object database, a distribution manager, a tracking recording... Read more →

Microsoft and Apple DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first of today's patents concerns a digital rights management scheme for an on-demand distributed streaming system. Assigned to Apple, the second patent concerns the use of run-time code injection... Read more →

Actifio Fingerprinting and Fujitsu Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Actifio, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for successive data fingerprinting for copy accuracy assurance. Assigned to Fujitsu, the second application discloses techniques for checking the data integrity... Read more →

Purdue 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 Purdue Research Foundation, the first patent addresses techniques for the synchronization of digital watermarks. Assigned to IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for watermark hiding in designated applications. 8,370,635, "Synchronization of... Read more →