Managing Rights Management

Symbiont.IO and Northern Trust Blockchain and DRM Patents

The USPTO issues new patents 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 Symbiont.IO, the first patent addresses techniques for implementing a programming model for smart contracts within a decentralized computer network. Assigned to Northern Trust, the second patent addresses techniques for implementing smart contract modules on a decentralized network.

NXM Labs and CenturyLink 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 NXM Labs, the first application discloses techniques for utilizing connected devices to enable secure and anonymous electronic interaction in a decentralized manner. Assigned to CenturyLink, the second application discloses techniques for implementing scaling and distribution of blockchains without ledger limitations.

BofA and Amazon Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesday's. This week's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to BofA, the first patent addresses techniques for for establishing secure access for users in a process data network. Assigned to Amazon, the second patent addresses techniques for signature delegation.

IBM and ARM Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays.  This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to IBM, the first application discloses techniques for policy enforcement via peer devices using a blockchain. Assigned to ARM, the second application discloses techniques using a blockchain for securing and/or managing IOT network-type infrastructure.

IBM and Nielsen Digital Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned ti IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for integrity verification of an audio-visual data stream. Assigned to The Nielsen Company, the second patent addresses techniques for performing audio watermarking and watermark detection and extraction

Two Google Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and both are assigned to Google. The first application discloses techniques for detecting and suppressing voice queries. The second application discloses techniques for transforming fingerprints to detect unauthorized media content items.

Xerox and Forcepoint Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchain(distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Xerox, today's first patent addresses techniques for a secure revisioning auditing system for electronic document files. Assigned to Forcepoint, the second patent addresses techniques for managing blockchain access to user profile information.

Cisco and Stollman Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Cisco, the first application discloses techniques including an instruction that is received at a blockchain server from a first digital rights management (DRM) client, the instruction including an instruction to transfer a DRM license to an encrypted content item to a second DRM client. Assigned to Jeff Stollman, the second application discloses techniques for extending the utility of blockchains through use of related child blockchains.

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 patent addresses techniques for using virtual subscriber identity modules (vSIMs) for client devices.

Accenture and Anonos Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursday. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Accenture, the first application discloses techniques for entitlement management. Assigned to Anonos, the second application discloses techniques for enforcing centralized privacy controls in de-centralized systems.

Silveredge Technologies and Sorenson Media Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Silveredge Technologies (IN), the first patent addresses techniques for hardware agnostic detection of television advertisements. Assigned to Sorenson Media, the second patent addresses techniques for fingerprinting media content using hashing.

Gracenote and Cohesity Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Gracenote, the first application discloses techniques for presenting additional content at a media system. Assigned to Cohesity, the second application discloses techniques for deduplicating chunks of data across multiple clusters.

Intel and Netflix 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 Intel, the first patent addresses techniques for distributing digital rights management digital content in a controlled network ensuring digital rights. Assigned to Netflix, the second patent addresses techniques for fast-expiring licenses used to speculatively authorize access to streaming media content.

Kelce Wilson and Fractal Industries Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Kelce Wilson, the first application discloses techniques for website integrity and date verification with a blockchain. Assigned to Fractal Industries, the second application discloses techniques for intellectual property landscape analysis, risk management, and opportunity identification.

Gracenote and Enswers 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 Gracenote, the first patent addresses techniques for media channel identification and action with multi-match detection based on reference stream comparison. Assigned to Enswers (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for an advertisement detection system and method based on fingerprints.

Walmart and Seqster PDM Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed.

Truepic and Harmonic Digital Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Truepic, the first patent addresses techniques for authenticating photographic image data. Assigned to Harmonic, the second patent addresses techniques for using watermarks in distributed construction of video on demand (VOD) files.

FutureLab Consulting and Northern Trust Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. We continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. The first of this week's Spotlight Applications is assigned to FutureLab Consulting and discloses techniques for managing intellectual property using a blockchain which may include one or more elements which forms a comprehensive foundation for an eco-system for innovation and intellectual property management. Assigned to Northern Trust, the second application discloses techniques for digital identity management and permission controls within distributed network node.

HGST Techologies and Toshiba 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 Hitachi, the first of today's patents addresses a digital rights management system that includes a storage module that stores a usage right for digital content in a tamper-resistant portion of a memory. Assigned to Toshiba, the second patent addresses an electronic device and method of transmitting a content item.

Fidelity and Black Gold Coin Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Fidelity (FMR), the first application discloses techniques for a secure firmware transaction signing platform. Assigned to Black Gold Coin, Inc., the second application discloses techniques for providing block chain or distributed ledger-based entity identity and relationship verification.

Facebook and BARCO Audio Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of audio fingerprinting. Assigned to Facebook, the first patent addresses techniques for broadcast content view analysis based on ambient audio recording. Assigned to BARCO N.V. (BE), the second patent addresses techniques for ad hoc one-time pairing of remote devices using online audio fingerprinting.

Two Nielson Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and both are assigned to The Nielson Company. The first application discloses techniques for measuring exposure to streaming media. The second application discloses techniques to perform audio watermarking and watermark detection and extraction.

Intertrust and eBay DRM and 3D Printing Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern digital rights management and 3D objects and printing. Assigned to Intertrust Technologies, the first patent addresses techniques for protecting intellectual property rights in connection with 3-dimensional printing processes. Assigned to eBay, the second patent addresses techniques for digital rights and integrity management in three-dimensional (3D) printing.

iHeartMedia and Boeing Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to iHeartMedia, the first application discloses techniques for identifying a broadcast source associated with an unknown fingerprint.  Assigned to Boeing, the second application discloses techniques for generating a fingerprint for verification of a reference object.

Accenture and Forcepoint Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents continue our theme of blockchain (distributed ledger,smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Accenture, the first patent addresses techniques for secure 3D model sharing using distributed ledger. Assigned to Forcepoint, the second of today's patents addresses techniques for generating a user behavior profile in a blockchain.

NTT and Cambridge Blockchain DRM and Blockchain Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue with our theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to NTT (JP), the first application discloses techniques for permission information management system, user terminal, right-holder terminal, permission information management method, and permission information management program. Assigned to Cambridge Blockchain, the second application discloses techniques for managing digital identities.

Intel Watermarking and Gracenote Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Intel, the first patent addresses techniques for video watermarking. Assigned to Gracenote, the second patent addresses techniques for media channel identification with multi-match detection and disambiguation based on location.

MonetaGo and Odom Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (smart contracts, distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to MonetaGo, the first application discloses techniques for defining one or more smart contracts between various member banks associated with a central bank. Assigned to Odom, et al, the second application discloses techniques for delivering communications and storing and delivering data

Virginia Venture Industries and The Sixth Flag Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Virginia Venture Industries, the first patent addresses techniques for embedding and decoding three-dimensional watermarks into stereoscopic images. Assigned to The Sixth Flag, the second patent addresses techniques for secure content and document watermarking.

SmartSky and BT Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to SmartSky Networks, the first application discloses techniques for an aerospace commerce exchange system that may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. Assigned to British Telecom, the second application discloses techniques for a computer implemented method of a resource provider for access control for a restricted resource in a network connected computer system.

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 messaging, workflow management, and digital rights management for geofeeds.

ZenSar and Walmart Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Zensar (IN), the first application discloses techniques for evaluating the feasibility of introducing a new node in a blockchain infrastructure. Assigned to Walmart, the second application discloses techniques for managing distributed content using layered permissions.

Western Digital and Rockwell Automation 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 Western Digital, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for a personal multimedia content archive. Assigned to Rockwell Automation, the second patent addresses an architecture for application of digital rights management to industrial automation devices including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), I/O devices, and communication adapters.

Health2047 and Strong Force IOT Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Health2047, the first patent discloses techniques for  trust based access to records via encrypted protocol communications with authentication system. Assigned to Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLC, the second patent discloses techniques for the industrial Internet of Things.

NBCUniversal and KPN 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 NBCUniversal Media, the first patent addresses techniques  for fingerprint-defined segment-based content delivery. Assigned to KPN (NL), the second patent addresses techniques for fingerprint-based inter-destination media synchronization.

Barclays and AssetVault Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patents are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Barclays (GB), the first application discloses techniques for recording data describing a first entity, the data endorsed by a second entity comprising the second entity validating data describing the first entity, wherein an identifier is associated with the data, the identifier being generated from a public key of the first entity. Assigned to AssetValult (GB), the second application discloses discloses techniques for secure management/monitoring, recordation, transaction, exchange and/or analysis of assets of asset information via a ledger (e.g., decentralised or distributed).

BofA and Bao Tran Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to BofA, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for allowing external validation of data in a process data network. Assigned to Bao Tran, the second patent addresses an IoT device in which blockchain smart contracts can be used with the device to facilitate secure operation.

IBM and SAP Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed.  Assigned to IBM, the first application discloses techniques for privacy-preserving transaction validation mechanisms for smart contracts that are included in a ledger. Assigned to SAP, the second application discloses techniques for a database management system with dynamic allocation of database requests [the blockchain references are in the specification].

IBM and Western Digital DRM Patents

New patents are published 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 distributed digital rights-managed file transfer and access control. Assigned to Western Digital, the second patent addresses techniques for legally transferring multimedia content stored on a medium to a personal content archive device.

Slock.it and FMR Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. We continue our theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Slock.it, the first of today's Spotlight Applications discloses techniques for a block-chain enabled service provider system. Assigned to FMR (Fidelity), the second application discloses techniques for asynchronous crypto asset transfer and social aggregating, fractionally efficient transfer guidance, conditional triggered transaction, datastructures, apparatuses, methods and systems.

IBM and Merck Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. We continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. The first of today's Spotlight Patents is assigned to IBM and addresses techniques for a personal ledger blockchain. Assigned to Merck, the second patent addresses techniques for anti-counterfeit protection of products.

Amazon and Wal-Mart Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. We continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and DRM broadly construed. The first of today's Spotlight Applications discloses techniques for key distribution in a distributed computing environment. Assigned to Wal-Mart, the second application discloses techniques for verifying authenticity of computer readable information using the blockchain.

MorphoTrust and Unisys Digital Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USTPO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to MorphoTrust, the first patent addresses techniques for digitally watermarking digital facial portraits. Assigned to Unisys, the second patent addresses techniques for protecting data using steganography ("hidden writing").

Fidelity and Merck Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Fidelity, the first application discloses firmware extensions for secure cryptocurrency key backup, restore, and transaction signing platform apparatuses. Assigned to Merck (DE), the second application discloses techniques for composite security marking for a physical object, in particular to an anti-counterfeit product marking.

Adobe and Sony DRM Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays (Including patent 10,000,000). Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe, the first patent addresses techniques for parts-based digital rights management. Assigned to Sony (JP), the second patent addresses techniques for digital rights management of encrypted digital content

NBCUniversal and Cooler Technologies Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patents applications are published by the USTPO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to NBCUniversal, the first application discloses techniques for mapping affiliated graphs using video fingerprints. Assigned to Cooler Technologies, the second application discloses techniques for instant clip creation based on media content recognition.

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 music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device.

IBM and Ripple Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays.Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to IBM, the first patent application discloses techniques for a concomitance of an asset and identity block of a blockchain. Assigned to Ripple, the second application discloses techniques for identifying particular computer platform associated with potential altered or falsified execution of copy of software.

IBM and Northern Trust 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 IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for privacy-preserving transaction validation mechanisms for smart contracts that are included in a ledger. Assigned to Northern Trust, the second patent addresses techniques for digital identity management and permission controls within distributed network nodes.

SypherMedia Conditional Access and ATT IPTV Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of conditional access systems and of IPTV systems. Assigned to Syphermedia International, the first application discloses techniques for controlling a group of the client devices to switch at least one client device of the group of client devices from a first conditional access system to a second conditional access system. Assigned to ATT, the second application discloses techniques for configuring media services.