Managing Rights Management

BofA Smart Contract and IBM Blockchain DRM Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to BofA, the first patent addresses logistics sensors for smart contract arbitration. Assigned to IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for multimedia content player with digital rights management while maintaining privacy of... Read more →

eBay and Alipay Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to eBay, the first patent addresses techniques for system level function based access control for smart contract execution on a blockchain. Assigned to Alipay (CN), the second patent addresses techniques for consensus... Read more →

Inveniam and Aristocrat Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Inveniam, the first application discloses techniques for digital contracts in blockchain environments. Assigned to Aristocrat, the second application discloses techniques for a mobile support system for providing wagering game play to... Read more →

Factom and Taliware Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Factom, the first of today's Spotlight Patents addresses techniques for smart contracts in blockchain environments. Assigned to Taliware, the second patent addresses techniques for passive authentication of an individual using an... Read more →

PwC and Coinplug Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for a cryptoconomy solution for administration and governance in a distributed system. Assigned to Coinplug (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for providing... Read more →

Labyrinth and IGT Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Labyrinth Research LLC, the first patent addresses techniques for collaborative road user safety. Assigned to IGT Global Solutions Corporation, the second... Read more →

Eluvio and Bao Tran Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Eluvio, the first patent addresses machine learning for a decentralized content fabric. Assigned to Bao Tran, the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

T-Mobile and BT Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue our theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to T-Mobile, the first application discloses techniques for content delivery systems that use blockchain to manage content. Assigned to... Read more →

Beatdapp and ATT Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays (although there appear to be no new applications published today, Jan. 7). Today's Spotlight Applications continue our theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Beatdapp Software, the first application discloses techniques for... Read more →

Salesforce and Netskrt 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 for implementing super community and community sidechains with consent management for distributed ledger... Read more →

Salesforce and ATT Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents continue our theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Salesforce, the first patent addresses techniques for implementing super community and community sidechains with consent management for distributed ledger technologies in a... Read more →

Alibaba and Live Nation Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending 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 Alibaba, the first application discloses techniques for blockchain-based copyright distribution. Assigned to Live Nation, the second application discloses techniques for... Read more →

Verizon and Telepathy Labs Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Verizon, the first patent addresses techniques for using blockchains in conjunction with virtual SIM cards. Assigned to Telepathy Labs, the second patent... Read more →

AT&T and SonicWall Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to AT&T, the first patent addresses techniques for sharing timed fingerprint location information. Assigned to SonicWall, the second patent addresses techniques for image based spam blocking. 10,206,113, "Sharing timed fingerprint... Read more →

Axoni and GM Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Axoni, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for distributed privately subspaced blockchain data structures with secure access restriction... Read more →

Papirys and Verizon Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Papirys, the first patent addresses techniques for an ultra-secure blockchain-based electronic information transfer system. Assigned to Verizon, the second... Read more →

Sony and TAI Technologies DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Sony, the first patent addresses techniques for statutory license restricted digital media playback on portable devices. Assigned to TAI Technologies, the second patent addresses techniques for targeted... Read more →

IBM and Omnifone 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 detecting usage of copyrighted video content using object recognition. Assigned to Omniphone (GB), the second patent addresses techniques for enabling digital... Read more →

Bragi and Orange DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Bragi (DE), the first application discloses an earpiece with Digital Rights Management. Assigned to Orange (FR), the second application discloses techniques for obtaining of access rights... Read more →

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... Read more →

Microsoft and eBay 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 MSFT, the first patent addresses remote data access techniques for portable devices. Assigned to eBay, the second of today's patents addresses 3D printing marketplaces with federated access to... Read more →

Encryptics and Sony DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Encryptics, LLC, the first application discloses techniques for digital rights management of documents. Assigned to Sony, the second application discloses techniques for statutory license restricted digital media playback... Read more →

Gracenote Fingerprinting and Tautachrome Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Gracenote, the first of today's applications addresses techniques for media source identification. Assigned to Tautachrome, the second application addresses techniques for authentication and validation of smartphone... Read more →

Omnifone and Gula Consulting DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Omnifone (GB), the first patent addresses techniques for enabling digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. Assigned to Gula... Read more →

Intertrust and Verizon DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concerns aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first patent addresses techniques for governing content rendering, protection, and management applications. Assigned to Verizon, the second patent addresses techniques for a virtual set-top box... Read more →

Cellcrypt and Fuente and Angel 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 Cellcrypt, the first patent addresses techniques for establishing secure groups of trusted contacts with access rights in a secure communication system. Assigned to Carrillo De La Fuente and... Read more →

Intertrust and Broadcom 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 Intertrust technologies, the first patent addresses techniques for fragmented file sharing. Assigned to Broadcom, the second patent addresses mobile payTV DRM architectures. 9,344,473, "Methods, systems, and apparatus for... Read more →

wayStorm and Cisco Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the PTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to wayStorm (TW), the first application discloses an advertisement distribution system and method for controlling operations of mobile electronic device. Assigned to Cisco, the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

Omnifone and NCR DRM Patents

Back from vacation. New patents are issued by the PTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Omnifone (GB), the first patent addresses techniques for enabling digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. Assigned... Read more →

Sonic IP and Azuki Systems DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Sonic IP, the first application discloses techniques for accessing digital content using electronic tickets and ticket tokens. Assigned to Azuki Systems, the second application discloses techniques for unified mobile... Read more →