Managing Rights Management

Pilab and nChain Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Pilab (KR), the first application discloses techniques for automatically splitting smart contracts. Assigned to nChain, the second application discloses techniques that allow for multiple parties to jointly generate or jointly agree... Read more →

Alipay and ANT Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Approximately 46 patents were issued today by the USPTO that referenced smart contacts, blockchains, or distributed ledgers. Assigned to Alipay, the first Spotlight Patent addresses techniques for blockchain-based smart contract pools. Assigned to... Read more →

Thompson Reuters and ANT Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Thompson Reuters, the first patent addresses techniques for remedying erroneous transactions in a distributed ledger system. Assigned to ANT (KY), the second patent addresses techniques for implementing cross-chain data trusted management.... Read more →

ANT and nChain Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Advanced New Technologies, the first patent concerns techniques for blockchain-based cross-chain data access. Assigned to nChain the second patent addresses techniques for an operating system for blockchain IoT devices. 11,126,683, "Blockchain-based... Read more →

MOAC and Factom Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to MOAC, the first application discloses techniques for cross-chain messaging and message validation. Assigned to Factom, the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

Bull SAS and Michael Beck Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Bull SAS (FR), the first application discloses techniques for the creation and management of decentralized authorizations for connected objects. Apparently assigned to Michael... Read more →

Microsoft and Sony and 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 Microsoft, the first patent addresses techniques for supporting a plurality of content protection systems in a single container file. Assigned to Sony (JP), the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Intel and CSC Holdings 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 Intel, the first of today's patents addresses technologies for supporting multiple digital rights management protocols on a client device. Assigned to CSC Holdings, the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Disney and Broadcom DRM Patents

The USPTO issues new patents on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Disney, the first patent addresses techniques related to a digital receipt for use with an interoperable keychest. Assigned to Broadcom, the second patent addresses techniques for the automatic conversion of multimedia... Read more →

Arris Enterprises and Thomson DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of this posting's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Arris Enterprises, the first application discloses techniques for fault-tolerant configuration and orchestration among multiple DRM systems. Assigned to Thomson (FR), the second application discloses techniques for bonding contents... Read more →