Managing Rights Management

Wells Fargo and Huawei Blockchain 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 of today's patents continues last week's theme of quantum computing and blockchains, more specifically, a post-quantum cryptography side chain. Assigned to Huawei, the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Two Wells Fargo Quantum and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents are assigned to Wells Fargo Bank. The first patent addresses techniques for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA) / quantum consensus. The second patent addresses techniques for quantum-safe blockchain vault... Read more →

RBC and Madisetti Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to the Royal Bank of Canada, the first patent addresses techniques for an electronic identity brokerage. Assigned to Professor (Georgia Tech) Vijay K.Madisetti, the second patent addresses techniques for blockchain-based combined identity,... Read more →

IBM and Alipay Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for converting processes into multiple blockchain smart contracts. Assigned to Alipay, the second patent addresses techniques for generating a smart contract test case. 11,205,178, "Converting... Read more →

Alipay and NHN Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Alipay (CN), the first patent addresses techniques for blockchain-based trustable guarantees. Assigned to NHN (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for constructing sub blockchain in blockchain system comprising distributed network of... Read more →

CapOne and PayPal Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains ( distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to CapOne, the first patent addresses techniques for authorized data sharing using smart contracts. Assigned to PayPal, the second patent addresses techniques for verifying a user using proof-of-life for participation in... Read more →

Microsoft and Bprotocol Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains ( distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to MSFT, the first patent addresses techniques for blockchain smart contracts for digital asset access. Assigned to Bprotocol Foundation (CH), the second patent addresses techniques for smart contract on a blockchain... Read more →

TBS and ANT Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Turner Broadcasting System, the first patent addresses techniques for providing media content to content consumers for playback and consumption. Assigned to Advanced New Technologies (KY), the second patent addresses techniques for... Read more →

Mythial and BILDOSUND Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to online game platform company Mythical, the first patent addresses techniques for adjusting previously-made modifications of game assets based on changes in the ownership of tradeable items. Assigned to BILDOSUND SL (ES),... Read more →

Artrigger and 0Chain Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Artrigger (JP), the first patent addresses techniques for transaction management and exploitation right management. Assigned to 0Chain, the second patent addresses techniques for aggregate signing of digital signatures on multiple messages... Read more →

NTT and Heir Apparent Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to NTT (JP), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for permission information management. Assigned to Heir Apparent, Inc., the second patent addresses techniques for participative support of content-providing users. 11,165,567, "Permission... Read more →

Aurign and IBM Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Aurign, the first patent addresses techniques for tracking authorship attribution and creating music publishing agreements from metadata. Assigned to IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for ad-hoc trusted groups on a... Read more →

ATT and PayPal Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to AT&T, the first patent addresses techniques for managing dynamic pricing of media content through blockchain. Assigned to PayPal, the second patent addresses techniques for blockchain-enabled targeted content systems. 11,153,621, "System and... Read more →

NEC and ANT Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to NEC (JP), the first patent addresses techniques for securing smart contracts in blockchains. assigned to Advanced New Technologies (KY), the second patent addresses techniques for copyright allocation for blockchain-based work. 11,144,893,... Read more →

Eluvio and Mythical Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Elivio, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for a decentralized system for security and access control associated with digital content. Assigned to Mythical, the second patent addresses techniques for facilitating... Read more →

Huawei and Northern Trust Blockchain and DRM Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Huawei, the first patent addresses techniques for copyright rights defense detection. Assigned to Northern Trust, the second patent addresses techniques for digital identity management and permission controls within distributed network nodes.... Read more →

ANT and nChain Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Advanced New Technologies, the first patent concerns techniques for blockchain-based cross-chain data access. Assigned to nChain the second patent addresses techniques for an operating system for blockchain IoT devices. 11,126,683, "Blockchain-based... Read more →

nChain and ANT Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to nChain Holdings, the first patent addresses techniques for registry and automated management for blockchain-enforced smart contracts. Assigned to ANT, the second patent addresses techniques for blockchain-based dispute resolution. 11,120,437, "Registry and... Read more →

Nokia and ANT Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Nokia (FI), the first patent addresses techniques for trusted computing. Assigned to Advanced New Technologies (KY), the second patent addresses techniques for verifying credibility of a consortium blockchain. 11,115,205, "Method and... Read more →

Two ANT Blockchain-based Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Both assigined to Advanced New Technologies (ANT), the first patent addresses techniques for blockchain-based content verification. The second addresses techniques for identifying copyrighted material using copyright information embedded in electronic files. 11,108,568, "Blockchain-based... Read more →

Intertrust and Keyless Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Intertrust Technologies (Hi Dave), the first patent addresses techniques for trust and identity management. Assigned to Keyless (GB), the second patent addresses techniques for facilitating an authentication processing service. 11,102,008, "Trust... Read more →

Beatdapp and CEA Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Beatdapp (CA), the first of today's Spotlight Patents addresses techniques for scalably tracking media playback using blockchain. Assigned to CEA (FR), the second patent addresses techniques for accessing anonymized data. 11,095,457,... Read more →

Two ANT Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. The first of today's patents addresses techniques for reading data based on plurality of blockchain networks. The second patent addresses techniques for identifying copyrighted material using embedded copyright information. 11,086,849, "Methods and systems... Read more →

ITRI and Blockstream Blockhain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to ITRI (TW), the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management system and digital rights protection. Assigned to Blockstream, the second patent addresses techniques for cryptographically concealing amounts and asset types... Read more →

Theta Labs and Camelot UK Bidco Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Theta Labs, the first patent addresses techniques for Non-fungible token (NFT) based digital rights management in a decentralized data delivery network. Assigned to Camelot UK Bidco (UK), the second patent addresses... Read more →

Infrared5 and IBM Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Seems to me, today's first patent perhaps confirms a return to the 90s idea of "superdistribution" originated by Ryoichi Mori and substantially elaborated by Victor Shear and the early Intertrust team. Superdistribution comprises... Read more →

Eluvio and HYPR Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Eluvio, the first patent addresses techniques for a decentralized content fabric (also see Eluvio's 11,063,865 which issued today). Assigned to HYPR, the second patent addresses techniques for federated identity management with... Read more →

Dream Channel and Symbiont.io Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Dream Channel (AU), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for virtual reality interaction monitoring using distributed ledgers. Assigned to Symbiont.io, the second patent addresses techniques for for implementing a smart... Read more →

Adobe and Nielsen Fingerprinting and Watermarking Patents

Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking (a form of steganography). Assigned to Adobe, the first patent addresses techniques for content creation, fingerprints, and watermarks. Assigned to Nielsen, the second patent addresses techniques for using steganographically-encoded time information as basis to establish a time offset, 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 →