Managing Rights Management

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 →

Two Strong Force Smart Contract Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Both of today's applications are assigned to Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC (see also ). Both applications disclose techniques for controlling rights related to digital knowledge. 20220172207, "Computer-implemented methods for controlling rights... Read more →

Trend Micro and NB Ventures Smart Contract Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Trend Micro (JP), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for protected smart contracts for managing internet of things devices. Assigned to NB Ventures, the second patent addresses techniques for contract... Read more →

Ericsson and nChain Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Ericsson, the first application discloses techniques for network slice providers and resource providers in a communication network that are configured to cause various records related to a smart contract for one... Read more →

Wells Fargo Quantum and Gleipnir Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Wells Fargo, the first patent addresses techniques for post-quantum cryptography optimization. Assigned to Gleipnir Technologies, the second patent addresses techniques for a voting system to prevent fraud using blockchain technology. 11,343,270,... Read more →

Furman-Slotnick and Theta Labs Smart Contract Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Elliot Furman and Jayson Slotnick, the first application discloses techniques for consenting to engage in sexual activity. Assigned to Theta Labs, the second application discloses techniques for an edge computing platform... Read more →

Wells Fargo Quantum and Ericsson Smart Contacts Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Wells Fargo, the first patent addresses techniques for disparate quantum computing threat detection. Assigned to Ericsson (SE), the second patent addresses techniques for managing service access authorization using smart contracts. 11,334,667,... Read more →

NEC and Sangrove Smart Contract Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to NEC, the first application discloses techniques for creating Turing-complete smart contracts for cryptocurrencies. Assigned to Sangrove, the second application discloses techniques for creating a smart contract on a blockchain ledger. 20220147995,... Read more →

Two Alipay Smart Contracts Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Both of today's patents address aspects of smart contracts and both are assigned to Alipay (CN). The first patent addresses techniques for executing smart contract, blockchain node, and storage medium. The second patent... Read more →

BBVA and Madisetti Smart Contact Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (ES), the first application discloses techniques for smart contract based exchanges via a blockchain. Assigned to Prof. Vijay Madisett, the second application discloses techniques for smart contracts... Read more →

Wells Fargo Quantum and ANT Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Wells Fargo, the first patent focuses on techniques for post-quantum cryptography optimization. Assigned to ANT (KY), the second patent focuses on techniques for blockchain smart contract-based data processing. 11,322,050, "Systems and... Read more →

Hessegg and Bee Mortgage App Blockchian Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Hessegg, the first application discloses techniques for an intellectual property trade system using a block chain, comprising at least one trader terminal connected to a block chain network in which trade... Read more →

Red Hat and TBS Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Red Hat, the first patent addresses techniques for encrypted multi-stage smart contracts that is to be performed by a contract executor in a plurality of successive stages. Assigned to TBS, the... Read more →

Verizon and ZeU Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Verizon, the first application discloses techniques for a digital asset management system sending a non-fungible digital asset from a first computer system to a second computer system. Assigned to ZeU Technologies... Read more →

NIKE and ANT Smart Contacts and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to ANT, the first patent addresses techniques for deploying a smart contract. Assigned to NIKE, the second patent addresses techniques for video game integration of cryptographically secured digital assets. 11,307,990, "Deploying a... Read more →

Wells Fargo Quantum and Flow Immersive Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Wells Fargo, the first application discloses techniques for quantum entanglement random number generation. Assigned to Flow Immersive, the second application discloses techniques for augmented virtual reality object creation. 20220116208, "Systems and... Read more →

Investa and Eygs Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Investa Tech, the first application discloses techniques for creating and modifying smart contracts. Assigned to Eygs (GB), the second application discloses techniques for preventing transaction tracing on distributed ledger-based networks. 20220108311,... Read more →

Red Hat and Trace Smart Contracts Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Red Hat, the first patent addresses techniques for providing smart contracts including secrets encrypted with oracle-provided encryption keys using threshold cryptosystems. Assigned to Trace, the second patent addresses techniques for writing... Read more →

Intel and Moleculus Smart Contact Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Intel, the first application discloses mechanisms to specify an allowed amount of change for digital media. Assigned to Moleculus, the second application discloses techniques for implementing blockchain-based index token as a... Read more →

SECARM and JPMorgan Chase Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to SECARM, the first patent addresses techniques for a block chain network and hash-based cuckoo filter. Assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, the second patent addresses techniques for software license management using a... Read more →

IBM and LeBeau Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to IBM, the first application discloses blockchain-related techniques for threshold encryption for broadcast content. Assigned to LeBeau and Mostavi, the second application discloses techniques for decentralized digital content distribution using blockchains and... Read more →

ANT and Madisetti Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to ANT, the first patent addresses techniques for detecting replay attacks. Assigned to Vijay Madisetti, the second patent addresses techniques for service meshes and smart contracts for zero-trust systems. 11,283,634, "System and... Read more →

CapOne and Wong Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to CapOne, the first application discloses techniques for authorized data sharing using smart contracts. Assigned to Prof. Wong (CA), the second application discloses techniques for decentralized digital structured data storage, management, and... Read more →

ANT and SAP Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to ANT (KY), the first patent addresses techniques for information protection using blockchains. Assigned to SAP (DE), the second patent addresses techniques for data protection and privacy regulations based on blockchain. 11,277,389,... Read more →

Flexa and 707 Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Flexa, the first application discloses techniques for the assignment of conditional access rights to assignable tokens based on an interaction. Assigned to 707 (HK), the second application discloses techniques for computer-implemented... Read more →

Walmart and State Farm Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Walmart, the first patent addresses techniques for forecasting deliveries via blockchain smart contracts. Assigned to State Farm, the second patent addresses techniques for a shared ledger operated by a group of... Read more →

Accenture and ANT Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Accenture, the first application discloses techniques for asset management, registry, and tracking on shared blockchain nodes. Assigned to ANT, the second application discloses techniques for blockchain-based dispute resolution. 20220066424, "Asset management,... 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 →

Nokia and TBS Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Nokia (FI), the first application discloses techniques for data sharing using smart contracts. Assigned to TBS, the second application discloses techniques for providing media content to content consumers for playback and... Read more →

Trend Micro and Sony Blockchain and DRM Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Trend Micro (JP), the first patent addresses techniques for distributed digital rights management with decentralized key management. Assigned to Sony (JP), the second patent addresses techniques for blockchain-based digital rights management.... Read more →