Managing Rights Management

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.

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.

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).

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].

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Cox Automotive and Marin Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week we continue the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Cox Automotive, Inc., the first of this week's Spotlight Applications disclose a multiple agent distributed ledger architecture. Apparently assigned to Gustavo Marin, the second application discloses techniques for interaction object reconciliation in a public ledger blockchain environment,"

BofA and Fujitsu Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays.  We continue with the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to BofA, the firrst of this weeks Spotlight Applications discloses techniques for multiplexing and demultiplexing blockchain ledgers via a cryptographic hash. Assigned to Fujitsu (JP), the second application discloses ways to perform secure data sharing in a distributed network by using a blockchain.

Two Digimarc Digital Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and both are assigned to Digimarc. The first application discloses techniques for signal encoding to reduce perceptibility of changes over time. The second application discloses techniques for advanced signal processing including signal embedding, digital watermarking and steganography.

InfiniteKey and Tran Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. We continue our theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to InfiniteKey, Inc. the first application discloses techniques for authenticating and authorizing devices. Assigned to Bao Tran, the second application discloses techniques for a smart device in which blockchain smart contracts can be used with the device to facilitate secure operation.

Sony and BofA Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. We continue with the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Sony, the first application discloses techniques for blockchain-based digital rights management. Assigned to Bank of America, the second application discloses a distributed ledger system for providing aggregate tracking and threshold triggering.

Adobe and Intel DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for DRM in virtual and augmented reality. Assigned to Intel, the second application discloses techniques for selective content licensing and secure playback.

TDB and Mido Play 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, block chain) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to TDB (CA), the first application discloses techniques for a distributed electronic ledger with metadata. Assigned to Mido Play, Inc, the second application discloses techniques multiple legal game providers with digital ledger.

Colson Reseach and Amazon Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (block chain, distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Apparently assigned to Colson Research, the first application discloses techniques for distributed manufacturing. Assigned to Amazon, the second application discloses techniques for immutable cryptographically secured ledger-backed databases.

Live Nation and Cable Labs Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

With today's Spotlight Applications, we continue the theme of blockchain (block chain, distributed ledger) and digital rights management (broadly construed) patent applications. Assigned to Live Nation, the first application discloses techniques for a decentralized virtual trustless database for access control. Assigned to Cable Labs, the second application discloses techniques for blockchaining systems and methods for frictionless media.

USPS and Kountable Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchain (block chain, distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to the US Postal Service, the first application discloses techniques for a digital trust architecture. Assigned to Kountable, the second application discloses techniques that utilize blockchain digital certificates for data transactions.

Facebook Fingerprinting and MyTeamCalls Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Facebook, the first application discloses techniques for evaluating content synchronization. Assigned to MyTeamCalls, the second application discloses techniques for replacing a portion of a broadcast content with a customized, live-streaming alternate media stream.

Intel and Elixsys Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

We continue the theme of blockchain (block chain, distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Intel, the first Spotlight Application discloses techniques for blockchain-based shadow images to facilitate copyright protection of digital content. Assigned to Elixsys, the second application discloses techniques for using smart contracts to control the trade, supply, manufacture, and distribution of commodities.

Disney and Snell Advanced Media Digital Finterprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Disney, the first application discloses techniques for a program verification and decision system. Assigned to Snell Advanced Media (GB), the second application discloses techniques for comparing video sequences using fingerprints.

Disney and Wrzesinski DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Disney, the first application discloses techniques for a cloud-based automated content curation system. Assigned to the inventor, Bryan Joseph Wrzesinski, the second application discloses techniques for copyright content monetization..

Facebook Fingerprinting and Nagravision Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Facebook, the first of this weeks Spotlight Applications discloses techniques for indexing based on time-variant transforms of an audio signal's spectrogram. Assigned to Nagravision, the second application discloses techniques for embedding watermark in uncompressed video data for use in a conditional access system.

Moog and Electric Motor Werks Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. We continue with the theme of blockchain (distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Moog, Inc., the first of today's Spotlight Applications discloses techniques for the verification and authentication of additive manufactured product. Assigned to Electric Motor Werks, the second application discloses techniques for enabling automatic management of power loads and power generation based on user-specified set of rules

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 to a network, implemented by a communicating object.

Facebook and Avast Software Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Facebook, the first application discloses techniques for identifying matching content. Assigned to Avast Software (CZ), the second application discloses techniques for using prefix fingerprints for a first file or a first data object.

Cable Labs and Clause DRM and Blockchain Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays Today we continue our Spotlight Application focus on digital rights management broadly construed and blockchain (distributed ledger) technologies. Assigned to Cable Labs (see also these), the first of today's applications discloses techniques for blockchain virtualization and scalability. Assigned to Clause, the second application discloses techniques for forming, storing, managing, and executing contracts.

Ericsson and Viaccess DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Ericsson (SE), the first application discloses techniques for video distribution control. Assigned to Viaaccess (FR), the second application discloses techniques for broadcasting protected multimedia contents.

Pulselocker and IBM DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Pulselocker, the first application discloses techniques for limiting access to data by process or computer function with stateless encryption. Assigned to IBM, the second application discloses techniques for detecting usage of copyrighted video content using object recognition.

Intel and Warstler Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

We continue the theme of patent applications that address blockchain (distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Intel, the first Spotlight Application discloses a blockchain system with nucleobase sequencing as proof of work. Apparently assigned to the inventor, Warstler, the second application discloses techniques for provisioning electronic forms.

Chicago Merc and Convey DRM and Blockchain Patent Applications

We continue the theme of patent applications addressing digital rights management (broadly construed) and blockchain (distributed ledger) technologies. Assigned to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the first of today's Spotlight Applications discloses techniques for implementing a real time reconciling shared data structure. Apparently assigned to Convey, the second application discloses techniques for cloud-based contacts management.

MarkAny and Tencent DRM Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to MarkAny (KR), the first application discloses DRM systems for protecting enterprise confidentiality. Assigned to Tencent (CN), the second application discloses techniques for processing multimedia files

The Real McCoy and Comcast DRM and Blockchain Patent Applications

We continue the theme of patent applications combining blockchain (distributed ledger) and digital rights management broadly understood. Assigned to The Real McCoy, the first of today's Spotlight Applications address techniques for establishing, securing and transferring computer readable information using peer-to-peer public and private key cryptography. Assigned to Comcast, the second of today's applications addresses techniques for distributed data access control.

Two BofA DRM and Blockchain Patent Applications

We continue the theme of digital rights management and blockchain (or distributed ledger) patent applications. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications are assigned to Bank of America. The first application discloses techniques for managing serializability of resource transfers in a process data network. The second application discloses techniques for control of device identity and usage in a process data network.

Ascribe and Bitmark Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

We continue the theme of the use of blockchain (or distributed ledger) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Ascribe GMBH (DE), the first of today's Spotlight Applications concerns techniques to securely establish, affirm, and transfer ownership of artworks. Assigned to Bitmark (TW), the second application concerns techniques for decentralized title recordation and authentication.

Accenture and BofA DRM and Blockchain Patent Applications

For this week's Spotlight Applications, we are looking at blockchain and digital rights management. Assigned to Accenture, the first application discloses techniques for secure 3D model sharing using distributed ledger. Assigned to Bank of America, the second application discloses techniques for establishing secure access for users in a process data network.

Source Digital Fingerprinting and Nanjing Watermarking Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Source Digital, the first application discloses techniques for audio fingerprinting based on audio energy characteristics. Assigned to Nanjing Watermarking Technology (CN), the second application discloses techniques utilizing image code for processing information and device and method for generating and parsing same.

Amazon and Adobe DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Amazon, the first application discloses techniques for extensible workflows for processing content. Assigned to Adobe, the second application discloses techniques for digital rights management progressive control and background processing.

Konica Minolta and Adobe DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Konica Minolta (JP), the first application discloses access control techniques for selected document contents using document layers and access key sequence. Assigned to Adobe, the second application discloses techniques for digital rights management using organizational associations (See also related applications 20170278206 and 20170277868 also published today).

Philips Lighting Watermarking and Sorenson Media Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Philips Lighting, the first application discloses techniques related to an image handling module for protecting an image of a scene captured by a camera. Assigned to Sorenson Media, the second application discloses techniques using fingerprint layouts for content fingerprinting.

Adobe and PostOak Today 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 Adobe, the first application discloses techniques for portion-level digital rights management in digital content. Assigned to PostOak.Today, LLC, the second application discloses techniques for establishing shared memory spaces for data access and distribution.

Gracenote Fingerprinting and Verance 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 application discloses techniques for media channel identification and action with multi-match detection and disambiguation based on matching with differential reference-fingerprint feature. Assigned to Verance, the second application discloses techniques for service signaling recovery for multimedia content using embedded watermarks.

Qualcomm Fingerprinting and Raytheon Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking.  Assigned to Qualcomm, the first application discloses techniques for semantically sensitive code region hash calculation for programming languages. Assigned to Raytheon, the second application discloses techniques for waveform watermarking.

Irdeto and Sirius XM Radio DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Irdeto (NL), the first of today's applications addresses techniques for providing access to content using encryption keys and DRM clients. Assigned to Sirius XM Radio, the second application addresses techniques for content caching services in satellite and satellite/IP content delivery systems where metadata may include DRM information.

Facebook and Enswers 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 Facebook, the first application addresses techniques for managing silence in audio signal identification. Assigned to Enswers (KR), the second application addresses techniques that at least in part use digital fingerprinting for surveying broadcasting ratings.

Apple and BrowsePlay 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 Apple, the first application discloses techniques for securing user data with DRM keys. Assigned to BrowsePlay, the second application discloses techniques for secure cross-platform video transmission.

KAIST and Digimarc Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to KAIST (KR), the first application discloses techniques for three-dimensional mesh model watermarking method using segmentation. Assigned to Digimarc, the second application discloses techniques for rendering image content that include a digital watermark pattern at an essentially fixed scale, regardless of the size of screen on which the content is displayed.

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 on portable devices.