Managing Rights Management

Teletrax and Thomson Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Teletrax (NL), the first application discloses techniques for the distribution of a content item and monitoring the distribution using watermarking. Assigned to Thomson (FR), the second application... Read more →

Amazon and Samsung 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 Amazon, the first patent addresses techniques for secure key provisioning. Assigned to Samsung, the second patent addresses techniques for controlling access between home device and external server in... Read more →

LG and DivX Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the application discloses techniques for transmitting and receiving broadcast signals wherein a watermark is embedded in the uncompressed stream. Assigned to DivX, the second application discloses... Read more →

Nielsen and SIGONGmedia Digital Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays by the USPTO. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the first patent addresses down-mixing compensation for audio watermarking. Assigned to SIGONGmedia, the second patent addresses techniques for inserting watermarks through conversing contents automatically. 9,472,198, "Down-mixing... Read more →

TWC and Qualcomm 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 Time Warner Cable, the first application discloses techniques for downloadable security and protection. Assigned to Qualcomm, the second application discloses countermeasures against audio/video content security domain... Read more →

Facebook and Gracenote Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Facebook, the first patent addresses techniques for generating a reference audio fingerprint for an audio signal associated with an event. Assigned to Gracenote, the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Minolta and ARRIS DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Konica Minolta, the first application discloses a digital rights management system with confirmation notification to document publisher during document protection and distribution. Assigned to ARRIS,... Read more →

Philips and HGST 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 Philips, the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a... Read more →