Managing Rights Management

Velo and IGT Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Velo Holdings (GB), the first application discloses techniques for managing blockchain transactions through the use of guards and sentinels. Assigned to IGT, the second application discloses techniques for a digital instant... 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 →

ATT and Digipraise Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to AT&T, the first application discloses techniques for managing dynamic pricing of media content through blockchain. Assigned to Digipraise, the second application discloses digital appraisal techniques providing computational attestation of appraisal integrity.... 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 →

CapOne and R3 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 building blockchains for verifying assets for smart contracts. Assigned to R3 Ltd (GB), the second application discloses techniques for a sealed distributed ledger system... 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 →

Taoci Experiences and Sneakertopia Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Taoci Experiences (FR), the first application discloses techniques for processing experience digital contents. Assigned to Sneakertopia, the second application discloses techniques for presenting content based on articles properly presented and verifiably... Read more →

Nokia and Ryu Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Nokia (FL), the first application discloses techniques for media content control. Assigned to Ryu, Inc., the second application discloses techniques for a computer game tournament using digital assets stored in a... 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Clarovia Holdings and Salesforce.com Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Clarovia Holdings, the first patent addresses techniques for using smart contracts to control the trade, supply, manufacture, and distribution of commodities. Assigned to salesforce.com, the second patent addresses techniques for implementing... Read more →

Perpetual Altruism and Americorp Investments Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Perpetual Altruism (GB), the first application discloses techniques for auctioning an item for a seller, and computer implemented method of updating a smart contract. Assigned to Americorp Investments, LLC, the second... Read more →

Strong Force and Warstler Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Strong Force, the first application discloses techniques for crowdsourcing condition of guarantor. Assigned to the inventor, Morgan Warstler, the second application discloses techniques for creating a computer application based on a... Read more →

PwC and Coinplug Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for a cryptoconomy solution for administration and governance in a distributed system. Assigned to Coinplug (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for providing... Read more →

Live Nation and 2218716 Alberta Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Live Nation, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for securing access rights to resources using cryptography and the blockchain. Assigned to 2218716 Alberta (CA), the second application discloses techniques for... Read more →

Theta Labs and Broadridge Financial Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

Today's Spotlight Patents continue our theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Theta Labs, the first patent addresses techniques for peer discovery in a decentralized data streaming and delivery network. Assigned to Broadridge Financial Solutions, the second patent addresses techniques for database-centered computer... Read more →

Instant! Communications and CapOne Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains, (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Instant! Communications, the first application discloses techniques for a dynamic radio access mesh network. Assigned to CapOne, the second application discloses techniques for redemption and settlement transactions via smart contracts. 20210105625,... Read more →

Visa and ATT Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

Today's Spotlight Patents continue our theme of blockchains (smart contracts distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Visa, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for tracking multiple classes of records in a single blockchain. Assigned to AT&T, the second patent addresses techniques for authenticating media based on... Read more →

Ericsson and SWIFT Smart Contracts and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Ericsson (SE), the first application discloses techniques for managing cloud services using smart contracts and blockchains. Assigned to SWIFT,... Read more →

Verizon and Theta Labs Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Verizon, the first patent addresses techniques for authenticating an image. Assigned to Theta Labs, the second patent addresses techniques for... Read more →

Labyrinth and IGT Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Labyrinth Research LLC, the first patent addresses techniques for collaborative road user safety. Assigned to IGT Global Solutions Corporation, the second... Read more →

RBC and Advanced New Tech Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents continue our theme of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to the Royal Bank of Canada (CA), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for digital reward processing utilizing distributed ledger... Read more →

Salesforce and Mastercard Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Salesforce, the first application discloses techniques to implement record level access on metadata driven blockchain using shared secrets and... Read more →

Two Salesforce Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New patent applications are published by the USTPO on Thursdays. Assigned to Salesforce, both of today's Spotlight Applications concern blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. The first application discloses techniques for implementing declarative smart actions for coins and assets transacted onto a blockchain using distributed ledger... Read more →