Managing Rights Management

Disney and nChain Blockchain Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Disney, the first application discloses techniques for effectuating real-world outcomes based on digital assets of users. Assigned to nChain Licensing (DE), the second application discloses techniques for time release encryption over... Read more →

Wells Fargo and IBM Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Today we address underlying capabilities enabling blockchains and smart contracts. Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, the first patent addresses techniques for quantum one-time pad generation. (Cf Stuart A. Haber, et al., RE34954, "Method... Read more →

Meta Platforms and Matthew James NFT and Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Meta Platforms, the first application discloses techniques for transactions associated with non-fungible tokens (NFT) using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Assigned to Matthew Charles James, the second application discloses... Read more →

Citibank and Hiro Systems Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of smart contracts. Assigned to Citibank, the first patent addresses techniques for conducting cryptographically secure actions in public, non-permissioned blockchains using bifurcated self-executing programs. Assigned to... Read more →

GridPlus and MRInnovations Smart Contact and Blockchain Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to GridPlus, the first application discloses techniques for secure conditional transfer of cryptographic data allows transfer of cryptographically-based data from one party to another while mitigating failure of a counterparty to perform.... Read more →

Experian and Wells Fargo Smart Contract and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Experian, the first patent addresses techniques for symmetric encryption for private smart contracts among multiple parties in a private peer-to-peer network. Assigned to Wells Fargo, the second patent addresses techniques for... Read more →

TBS and Akamai Blockchain Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to TBS, the first application discloses techniques for providing media content to content consumers for playback and consumption. Assigned to Akamai, the second application discloses techniques for a high performance distributed system... Read more →

Monegraph and IBM DRM and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Today is a 3-fer. Assigned to Monegraph, Inc, the first patent addresses rights transfers using block chain transactions. Assigned to IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for blockchain digital rights management streaming library.... Read more →

IBM and KPMG Smart Contract and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications.Both of today's patents address aspects of using smart contracts. Assigned to IBM, the first patent concerns techniques for blockchain endorsement agreements using smart contracts. Assigned to KPMG, the second patent addresses techniques for... Read more →

nChain and Entrust Smart Contract and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to nChain Holdings (CH), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for arithmetic enhancement of C-like smart contracts for verifiable computation. Assigned to Entrust & Title (AE), the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →