Managing Rights Management

Samsung and CenturyLink IP DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first application discloses techniques for downloadable DRM in a trusted execution environment. Assigned to CenturyLink IP, the second application discloses techniques for sharing user content through... Read more →

TBS and Google Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays by the USPTO. This week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Turner Broadcasting System, the first patent addresses techniques for logo identification based on automatic content recognition. Assigned to Google, the second patent addresses techniques for endpoint based video fingerprinting. 9,137,568,... Read more →

Sony and Google Audio Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the PTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of audio fingerprinting. Assigned to Sony, the first patent addresses techniques for media fingerprinting for social networking. Assigned to Google, the second of today's patents addresses techniques for generating a sequence of audio fingerprints... Read more →

AT&T Watermarking and TiVo Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued on Tuesdays by the USPTO. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to AT&T, the first of today's patents address techniques for creating and using watermarked media content in IPTV or iTV networks. Assigned to TiVo, the second patent concerns a... Read more →

Cognitive Media and IBM Digital Fingerprinting Patents

Tuesdays the PTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Cognitive Networks, the first patent addresses techniques for real-time television ad detection using an automated content recognition database. Assigned to IBM, the second patent addresses techniques for generating and utilizing a data... Read more →

Two Digital Watermarking Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Digimarc, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for associating first and second watermarks with audio or video content. The second application discloses techniques for synchronising content with live television.... Read more →

Tata and Nielsen DRM Patent Applications

Happy Thanksgiving to all!! Even on holiday Thursdays, the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Tata Consulting Services (IN), the first application discloses techniques for controlling access rights of a document using enterprise digital rights management. Assigned... Read more →

Dish and Cognitive Media Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

The PTO publishes new pending patent applications on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Dish Digital, the first application discloses techniques for pre-distribution identification of broadcast television content using audio fingerprints. Apparently assigned to Cognitive Media Networks, Inc., the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

Protection Technologies and Broadcom DRM Patent Applications

Thursday the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Protection Technologies Research, LLC (RU), the first application discloses techniques for unified end user license management in a DRM system. Assigned to Broadcom, the second patent discloses a mobile... Read more →

General Instrument and TWC Conditional Access Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of conditional access systems typically used in cable television distribution and IPTV systems. Assigned to General Instrument, the first application discloses techniques for use in a downloadable conditional access system. Assigned to Time Warner Cable,... Read more →