Managing Rights Management

Mythical and Paypal Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Mythcial, the first patent addresses techniques for distributions by an automated electronic networked central clearinghouse. Assigned to Paypal, the second patent addresses techniques for using keys with targeted access to the blockchain to verify and authenticate identity.

Cisco and Domus Tower Blockchain and Rights Mangement Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management. Assigned to Cisco, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for content and service sharing. Assigned to Domus Tower (AU), the second patent addresses techniques for distributing work load of high-volume per second transactions recorded to append-only ledgers.

Proclus Technologies and nChain Holdings Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Proclus Technologies (CN),  the first application discloses techniques for securing a blockchain with proof-of-transactions (see also 20190043024 and 20190044734). Assigned to nChain Holdings (AG), the second application discloses tokenisation techniques for implementing exchanges on a blockchain.

IBM and Sprint 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 IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management (DRM)-enabled policy management for an identity provider in a federated environment. Assigned to Sprint, the second patent addresses techniques for delivering digital content to a mobile device via a digital rights clearing house.

Intertrust and Disney DRM Patent Applications

Happy New Year to all. The PTO publishes new pending patent applications on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first application discloses trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce, electronic transactions and rights management. Assigned to Disney, the second application discloses trust based digital rights management systems.

Cerner and Microsoft DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Cerner Innovation, the first application discloses techniques for HIPAA-compliant third party access to electronic medical records. Assigned to Microsoft, the second application discloses a privacy enhancing personal data brokerage service.

Intertrust and Philips DRM Patents

Tuesday the PTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concerns aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust Technologies, the first patent addresses an integrated, modular array of administrative and support services for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. Assigned to Philips (NL), the second 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 license owner to a client who is a member of a domain.

Limelight and LG DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Limelight Networks, the first patent addresses techniques for a content distribution system for transporting audio or video licenses between content players that use digital rights management (DRM). Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for processing rights object in digital rights management system.

Intertrust and Microsoft DRM Patents

On Tuedays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first patent addresses aspects of a trusted clearinghouse infrastructure for secure electronic commerce. Assigned to Microsoft, the second patent addresses a digital rights management system protecting consumer privacy.

Intertrust and Samsung DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO published new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first application (one of four Intertrust continuations published today) disclose trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce electronic transactions and rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the second application discloses techniques for DRM content management.

Huawei Technologies and NHN Co DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays that USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications address various aspects of DRM. Assigned to Huawei Technologies (CN), the first application discloses techniques for realizing accurate billing in digital rights management. Assigned to NHN Corporation (KR), the second application discloses ways of presenting advertising using free ring tones and DRM.

Podcast with Jake Shapiro, Public Radio Exchange (PRX)

In addition to technical solutions for directly managing rights associated with digital assets, I also write occasionally about clearinghouses, rights exchanges, royalty collecting societies, and the like.

I spoke recently with Jake Shapiro, Executive Director of the Public Radio Exchange, a nonprofit service for distribution, peer review, and licensing of radio pieces. Jake is also a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and is a member Two Ton Shoe, a band with a large following in the US and South Korea.

We spoke about a broad range of topics relating to public radio and audio programming, independent producers, PRX as market place, their successful efforts to reach young content producers through their "Generation PRX" site and service, and the all important editorial / selection functions performed by publishers, distributors, and exchanges.

The podcast can be accessed here.

A time index to our conversation follows: