Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Shopify (CA), the first application discloses techniques for controlling transfers of digital assets. Assigned to Hessegg, Inc. (KR), the second application discloses a media distribution system using blockchain comprising: at least one member terminal connected to a blockchain network in which distribution information for media is stored.
20220398572, “Systems and methods for controlling transfers of digital assets,” assigned to Shopify, Inc. (CA)
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request to transfer a digital asset; appending, to a blockchain of a blockchain network, a transaction for deploying a smart contract for executing a transfer of the digital asset; receiving a first notification of an off-chain transaction in connection with transfer of the digital asset; sending a first transaction to the blockchain for invoking a first function of the smart contract to allow transfer of the digital asset to a destination address; and responsive to detecting a first condition associated with the off-chain transaction, sending a second transaction to the blockchain for invoking a second function of the smart contract for transferring the digital asset to the destination address. Related methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
20220398553, “Media distribution system using blockchain and operation method thereof,” assigned to Hessegg, Inc. (KR).
Abstract
The present invention provides a media distribution system using blockchain comprising: at least one member terminal connected to a blockchain network in which distribution information for media is stored, wherein the member terminal includes a producer terminal that uploads produced media to a control server, a distribution terminal that duplicates the media and re-uploads the media to the control server, or uploads, to the control server, the media reproduced by processing the media, and a consumer terminal that consumes the uploaded media; and the control server comprising a distribution intermediary unit that provides, to the consumer terminal, the media uploaded by the producer terminal or the distribution terminal and stores, in the blockchain network, a block including distribution information on the media, and a currency issuing unit that issues and pays a first cryptocurrency of a preset amount to the producer terminal, or issues and pays a second cryptocurrency of a preset amount to the distribution terminal, wherein the second cryptocurrency is a duplicate of the first cryptocurrency.
