Managing Rights Management

VMware and AffectLayer Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to VMWare, the first patent addresses techniques for teleporting content over network using hash matches. Assigned to AffectLayer (IL), the second patent addresses techniques for automatic speaker identification in calls. 10,628,382, "Teleporting... Read more →

Netflix Fingerprinting and Digimarc Watermarking Patents

New patents are published by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Netflix, the first of this week's patents address techniques for identifying previously streamed portions of a media title to avoid repetitive playback. Assigned to Digimarc, the second... Read more →

Viasat and Palo Alto Networks 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 Viasat, the first patent addresses techniques for improving utilization of a communications system (e.g., a satellite communications system) are provided, using techniques referred to herein as "deltacasting." Assigned... Read more →

DISH and Prescient Innovations Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to DISH, the first application discloses a content anti-piracy management system and method. Assigned to Prescient Innovations (CA), the second... Read more →

ADB and Gracenote Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to ADB (CH), the first patent addresses techniques for automatic categorization of audio/video content. Assigned to Gracenote, the second patent addresses techniques for identifying video content via color-based fingerprint matching. 10,503,980, "System... Read more →

Google and Apple Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Google, the first patent addresses techniques for detecting abusive stereoscopic videos by generating fingerprints for multiple portions of a video frame. Assigned to Apple, the second patent addresses techniques for recognizing... Read more →

Google Fingerprinting and Wistaria Trading Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Google, the first patent addresses techniques for detecting abusive stereoscopic videos by generating fingerprints for multiple portions of a video frame. Assigned to Wistaria Trading LTD (BM) [Hi... Read more →

Crystal Computing and Nielsen Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned To Crystal Computing, the first patent addresses techniques for synchronizing metadata with audiovisual content. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the second patent addresses techniques for video fingerprinting based on Fourier transform of... Read more →

Nielsen Watermarking and Square 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 Nielsen, the first patent addresses techniques for detecting watermark modifications. Assigned to Square, the second patent addresses techniques for processing transactions in offline mode. 10,366,466, "Detecting watermark modifications,"... Read more →

Google Watermarking and Nielsen Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Google, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for key phrase detection with audio watermarking. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the second application discloses techniques for... Read more →