Managing Rights Management

Enthrill and Inside Secure DRM Patent Applications

The PTO publishes new pending patent applications on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Enthrill Distribution (CN), the first application discloses techniques for packaged digital rights messaging. Assigned to Inside Secure (FR), the second application discloses techniques for playing digital contents protected... Read more →

ETRI and Nagravision Conditional Access Patents

The PTO issues new patents on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of conditional access systems typically employed in cable and IPTV systems. Assigned to the ETRI (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for a downloadable conditional access system. Assigned to Nagravision, the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Dolby Fingerprinting and IBM Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. This week's Spotlight Applications address aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Dolby, the first of this week's applications concerns techniques for identifying multimedia objects based on multimedia fingerprint. Assigned to IBM, the second application concerns techiques for virtual world... Read more →

Toshiba and LG DRM Patents

The PTO issues new patents on Tuesdays.Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Toshiba (JP), the first patent addresses techniques for a content delivery service. Assigned to LG Electronics, the second patent addresses techniques for sharing rights object in digital rights management. 8,566,457,... Read more →

Intel and Western Digital DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the PTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intel [Imtel in the published app; typo probably], the first application discloses techniques using storage devices to implement digital rights management protection. Assigned to Western Digital,... Read more →

Intrasonics Watermarking and Sony Fingerprinting Patents

Tuesdays the PTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Intrasonics S.A.R.L. (LU), the first patent addresses techniques for hiding data within an audio signal. Assigned to Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (JP), the second patent addresses media fingerprinting techniques for social... Read more →

Google Fingerprinting and Nielsen Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. This week's Spotlight Appications focus on aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Google, the first application discloses techniques for the detection of potentially copyrighted content in user-initiated live streams. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

LG and ETRI DRM Patents

Tuesdays the PTO issues new patents. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for sharing rights object in digital rights management. Assigned to the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (KR), the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Fraunhofer and Infosys Digital Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Fraunhofer (DE), the first application discloses a watermark signal provider and method for providing a watermark signal. Assigned to Infosys (IN), the second application discloses techniques for embedding and extracting... Read more →

Nokia and Verance Digital Watermarking Patents

The PTO issues new patents on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Nokia (FI), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for controlled copying and moving of content between devices and domains based on conditional encryption of content key depending on usage state.... Read more →