Managing Rights Management

SRI and Trend Micro Digital Fingerprinting Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to SRI International, the first patent addresses techniques for content-based matching of videos using local spatio-temporal fingerprints. Assigned to Trend Micro (JP), the second patent addresses techniques for content fingerprinting using context... Read more →

Samsung and Intellectual Discovery Conditional Access Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of conditional access systems used in cable and IPTV systems. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first application discloses an electronic apparatus with a safe conditional access system (CAS) and control method. Assigned to Intellectual... Read more →

Limelight and LG DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Limelight Networks, the first patent addresses techniques for a content distribution system for transporting audio or video licenses between content players that use digital rights management (DRM). Assigned to LG... Read more →

Apple and United Video DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Apple, the first application discloses techniques for key space division and sub-key derivation for mixed media digital rights management content. Assigned to United Video Properties, the second application discloses... Read more →

IBM and ATT Digital Watermarking Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for virtual world embedded security watermarking. Assigned to AT&T, the second patent addresses techniques for using third-party watermarks. 8,489,883, "Virtual world embedded security watermarking," assigned... Read more →

Xecure and Zeitera Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Xecure Lab (TW), the first application discloses techniques for extracting digital fingerprints of a malicious document file. Assigned to Zeitera, the second patent discloses a media fingerprinting and identification system.... Read more →

Audible Magic and Digital Keystone DRM Patents

Tuesdays the patent office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Audible Magic, the first of today's patents concerns techniques for copyright detection and protection. Assigned to Digital Keystone, the second patent concerns techniques for conditional access and digital rights management.... Read more →