Managing Rights Management

Two Oracle Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed and both are assigned to Oracle. The first application discloses techniques for providing a representational state transfer proxy service for a blockchain cloud service. The second application discloses techniques for managing a blockchain cloud service.

Qatar Foundation Fingerprinting and Ningbo University Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned the Qatar Foundation (QA), the first patent addresses techniques to store video fingerprints on distributed nodes in cloud systems. Assigned to Ningbo University (CN), the second patent addresses techniques for zero-watermarking registration and detection method for HEVC video streaming against requantization transcoding.

Disney and Wrzesinski DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Disney, the first application discloses techniques for a cloud-based automated content curation system. Assigned to the inventor, Bryan Joseph Wrzesinski, the second application discloses techniques for copyright content monetization..

Samsung and MobiTV 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 Samsung, the first patent addresses techniques for providing cloud-based digital rights management. Assigned to MobiTV, the second patent addresses digital rights management for HTTP-based media streaming.

Chicago Merc and Convey DRM and Blockchain Patent Applications

We continue the theme of patent applications addressing digital rights management (broadly construed) and blockchain (distributed ledger) technologies. Assigned to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the first of today's Spotlight Applications discloses techniques for implementing a real time reconciling shared data structure. Apparently assigned to Convey, the second application discloses techniques for cloud-based contacts management.

Philips and Adobe DRM Patent Applications

Thurdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Philips (NL), the first of today's applications discloses a DRM system. Assigned to Adobe, the second application discloses techniques for for providing digital rights management service in the cloud.

CFPH and United Video DRM Patent Applications

The PTO publishes new pending patent applications on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to CFPH, LLC, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for electronic file use and management. Assigned to United Video Properties, the second application discloses techniques for enabling an automatic license for mashups.