Managing Rights Management

Microsoft and salesforce Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Microsoft, the first application discloses techniques for controlling and tracing an object across a plurality of parties. Assigned to salesforce.com, the second application discloses techniques for storing PII information via a... Read more →

Clarovia Holdings and Salesforce.com Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Clarovia Holdings, the first patent addresses techniques for using smart contracts to control the trade, supply, manufacture, and distribution of commodities. Assigned to salesforce.com, the second patent addresses techniques for implementing... Read more →

Eluvio and ANT Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Eluvio, the first application discloses techniques for implementing aspects of a decentralized content fabric. Assigned to ANT, the second application discloses techniques for blockchain-based copyright protection. 20210112117, "Decentralized content fabric," assigned... Read more →

Salesforce and Mastercard Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Salesforce, the first application discloses techniques to implement record level access on metadata driven blockchain using shared secrets and... Read more →

Live Nation and Alticast Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Live Nation, the first application discloses techniques for processing optimizations and templating using metadata-driven blockchain techniques. Assigned to Alitcast, the second application discloses... Read more →

Nielsen Watermarking and Audible Fingerpringing Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the first application discloses techniques for dynamic watermarking of media based on transport-stream metadata. Assigned to Audible Magic, the second application discloses techniques for an aggregated... Read more →

Two Salesforce Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USTPO on Thursdays. Assigned to Salesforce, both of today's Spotlight Applications concern blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. The first application discloses techniques for implementing declarative smart actions for coins and assets transacted onto a blockchain using distributed ledger... Read more →

Rovi and IBM Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue our theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Rovi, the first application discloses techniques for metadata distribution and management via transactional blockchain technology. Assigned to IBM, the second application... Read more →

Visa and Intel Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Visa, the first application discloses techniques for creating multiple records based on an ordered smart contract. Assigned to Intel, the... Read more →

8 Plus Ventures and IBM Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Eight Plus Ventures, the first patent addresses techniques for an image chain of title management. Assigned to IBM, the second patent... Read more →