Managing Rights Management

Live Nation and Cable Labs Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

With today's Spotlight Applications, we continue the theme of blockchain (block chain, distributed ledger) and digital rights management (broadly construed) patent applications. Assigned to Live Nation, the first application discloses techniques for a decentralized virtual trustless database for access control. Assigned to Cable Labs, the second application discloses techniques for... Read more →

Adobe and Irdeto 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 Adobe, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for DRM using geographic and temporal traits. Assigned to Irdeto (NL), the second patent addresses techniques for controlling use of... Read more →

USPS and Kountable Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (block chain, distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to the US Postal Service, the first application discloses techniques for a digital trust architecture. Assigned to Kountable, the second application... Read more →

Two Watermarking Patents From Thomson

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and both are assigned to Thomson (FR). The first of today's patents addresses techniques for watermarking a three-dimensional object. Today's second patent addresses techniques for increasing the strength of phase-based watermarking... Read more →

Facebook Fingerprinting and MyTeamCalls Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Facebook, the first application discloses techniques for evaluating content synchronization. Assigned to MyTeamCalls, the second application discloses techniques for replacing a portion of a broadcast... Read more →

Palantir and BoA 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 Palantir Technologies, the first patent addresses techniques for automatic and customizable data minimization of electronic data stores. Assigned to BofA, the second patent addresses techniques for reconciliation of... Read more →

Intel and Elixsys Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

We continue the theme of blockchain (block chain, distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Intel, the first Spotlight Application discloses techniques for blockchain-based shadow images to facilitate copyright protection of digital content. Assigned to Elixsys, the second application discloses techniques for using smart contracts to control... Read more →

Sony Watermarking and WhatsApp 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 Sony (JP), the first patent addresses techniques for distributing metadata embedded in video. Assigned to WhatsApp, the second patent addresses techniques for detecting echoes using audio fingerprinting. 9,912,986,... Read more →

Disney and Snell Advanced Media Digital Finterprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Disney, the first application discloses techniques for a program verification and decision system. Assigned to Snell Advanced Media (GB), the second application discloses techniques for comparing video sequences using fingerprints.... Read more →