Managing Rights Management

Microsoft Fingerprinting and Nielsen Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Microsoft, the first application disclose techniques for real-time emotion recognition from audio signals. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the second application disclose techniques for using audio... Read more →

Xylon and CenturyLink DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Xylon, the first patent addresses techniques for data copyright management. Assigned to CenturyLink, the second patent addresses techniques for distributing content to subscribers of a communications service provider.... Read more →

Microsoft and Toshiba DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first application discloses a data custodian and curation system. Assigned to Toshiba, the second application discloses techniques for applying a first copyright protection system... Read more →

Orange Watermarking and Hitachi Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Orange (FR), the first patent addresses techniques for watermarking a sequence of images and for authenticating a sequence of watermarked images. Assigned to Hitachi, the second patent addresses... Read more →

STMicroelectronics and Beijing U of Technology Watermarking Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to STMicroelectronics (SG, NL), the first application discloses techniques for adding a watermark to an audio signal. Assigned to Beijing University of Technology, the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

Sharp Watermarking and EMC Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Sharp (JP), the first of today's patents concerns techniques for using watermarks to copy control and image. Assigned to EMC, the second patent concerns techniques for metadata optimization for... Read more →

Websense Fingerprinting and Cisco Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the PTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Patent Applications concern digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Websense, the first application discloses techniques for efficient detection of fingerprinted data and information. Assigned to Cisco, the second application discloses techniques for embedding data in a... Read more →

Janus Technologies Watermarking and Trend Micro Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Janus Technologies, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for securing computer video and audio subsystems. Assigned to Trend Micro (JP), the second patent addresses techniques for detecting... Read more →