Managing Rights Management

Verizon and Sony DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Verizon, the first of today's patents discloses a proxy device for managing digital rights. Assigned to Sony (JP), the second patent discloses techniques for automatically presenting rights protected content... Read more →

Tata and Adobe DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the PTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Tata (IN), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for access rights management in enterprise digital rights management systems. Assigned to Adobe, the second patent addresses techniques for... Read more →

Digimarc Watermarking and Gracenote Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the PTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Digimarc, the first application discloses techniques for reducing watermark perceptibility and extending detection distortion tolerances. Assigned to Gracenote, the second application discloses techniques for identifying video content... Read more →

TBS and Gracenote Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Turner Broadcasting System, the first patent addresses techniques for detection of user-initiated events utilizing automatic content recognition. Assigned to Gracenote, the second patent addresses techniques for remotely controlling consumer electronic devices.... Read more →

Canopy and MobiTV 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 Canopy, The first application discloses an enhanced detachable sensory-interface device for a wireless personal communication device. Assigned to MobiTV, the second application discloses techniques for media... Read more →

Intel and Google DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the PTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intel, the first patent addresses techniques for platform-hardened digital rights management key provisioning. Assigned to Google, the second patent addresses techniques for transferring digital content. 9,009,854, "Platform-hardened digital... Read more →

CustomPlay Fingerprinting and Ningbo University Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications.This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to CustomPlay, LLC, the first application discloses techniques related to second screen subtitles function. Assigned to Ningbo University (CN), the second application discloses techniques for digital watermarking based method for... Read more →

Symantec and M-Files Oy DRM Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays by the USPTO. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Symantec, the first patent addresses techniques for viewing content under enterprise digital rights management without a client side access component. Assigned to M-Files Oy (FI), the second patent... Read more →

Sonic IP and Azuki Systems 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 Sonic IP, the first application discloses techniques for accessing digital content using electronic tickets and ticket tokens. Assigned to Azuki Systems, the second application discloses techniques for unified mobile... Read more →