Managing Rights Management

Spangenberg, B.G. Negav, and Virtual Hold Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. A 3fer today. Assigned to Spangernberg et al., the first application discloses techniques for applying Ricardian contract principles to agreements. Assigned to B.G. Negav Technologies and Applications Ltd., the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

Wells Fargo Quantum and Hyperchain, IBM, and Invenium Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. A Quad-fer today. Assigned to Wells Fargo, the first patent addresses techniques for quantum consensus. Assigned to Hyperchain, the second patent addresses techniques for permission-controlled smart contract upgrades. Assigned to IBM, the third... Read more →

Wells Fargo and IBM Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Today we address underlying capabilities enabling blockchains and smart contracts. Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, the first patent addresses techniques for quantum one-time pad generation. (Cf Stuart A. Haber, et al., RE34954, "Method... Read more →

Two Wells Fargo Post-Quantum Cryptography Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, the first patent addresses techniques for post-quantum cryptography optimization. The second Wells Fargo patent addresses techniques for post-quantum cryptography side chains. 11626983, “Systems and methods for post-quantum cryptography... Read more →

Nxgen Partners Quantum and Inveniam Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Nxgen Partners, the first patent addresses techniques for a quantum resistant blockchain with multi-dimensional quantum key distribution. Assigned to Inveniam Capital, the second patent addresses techniques for digital [smart] contracts in... Read more →

Wells Fargo and DISH 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 address techniques for quantum consensus. Assigned to DISH Networks, the second patent addresses techniques for content anti-piracy management. 11601266, “Systems and methods for quantum... Read more →

Fortior, Vendia, and Shanghai Wormholes Smart Contract and Blockchain Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Fortior Blockchain,LLLP the first of today's three applications discloses techniques for decentralized voting using quantum intelligence. Assigned to Vendia, the second application discloses techniques for efficient execution of blockchain smart contracts... Read more →

Amazon and TBS Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Amazon, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for hardening quantum computing security. Assigned to Turner Broadcasting System, the second patent addresses techniques for providing media content to content consumers for... Read more →

Arqit Quantum-safe and Fortior Blockchain Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. We usually quote the Abstract but here we thought an excerpt from the specification was more descriptive of the first application assigned to Aquit (GB) that discloses techniques for quantum-safe networking. Assigned to... Read more →

BofA Quantum and Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of quantum computing and smart contracts in the context of blockchains and both are assigned to BofA. The first application discloses techniques for secure verification of... Read more →