Abstract: A method and device for generating data services from heterogeneous systems is disclosed. The method includes generating an asset data model for a parent asset based on at least one data attribute associated with the parent asset. The method further includes populating the asset data model with at least one sub-asset associated with each of the at least one data attribute and at least one event associated with the at least one sub-asset and the at least one data attribute. The method includes creating a plurality of role hierarchies across multiple organizations associated with the parent asset. The method further includes associating a plurality of stakeholders with each of the plurality of role hierarchies. The method includes associating data contracts with each of the plurality of stakeholders and each of the at least one sub-asset based on the plurality of role hierarchies and the asset data model.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a system and method to provide cross-referencing of important IP relationships. The system comprising software executing on a computing platform for displaying relationships between various domains of IP information selected from the group of claims, prosecution history, products, concepts or art.

Abstract: The invention relates to field of filing legal documents via the cloud (100, 130). The best mode of this invention is considered to be cloud based internet filing and storage system of legal documents that allows the user to compose and file documents, based on computer generated attorney instructions, forms and letter templates, without actually hiring an attorney. The invention has the advantage of providing legally correct advice at an affordable price to the end customer in multiple jurisdictions and substantive fields at once.

Abstract: An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract identifying content and review requirements for performing a review of the content, signing and validating the smart contract, storing the smart contract in a blockchain, receiving content review feedback from one or more reviewers of the content, and amending the blockchain to include the content review feedback.

Abstract: An omnichannel platform for determining equity shares of users in a collaboration. The omnichannel platform executable by a processor coupled to a memory and being in communication with computing environments. The omnichannel platform acquires, from the computing environments, metadata with respect to user activity in the collaboration. The omnichannel platform evaluates the metadata for each of the users according to user position, user contribution, and end goal relatedness factors to produce valued user activity. The omnichannel platform determines equity shares of the users in the collaboration based on the valued user activity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for product promotion using a smart contract in a blockchain network. The method includes: receiving, by a node of a blockchain network, a creation request to create a promotion event, wherein: the promotion event is associated with multiple promotion codes and a pair of a private key and a public key, and the creation request includes the public key and a digital signature generated using the private key; determining, by the node and based on the public key and the digital signature, validity of the creation request; and in response to determining that the creation request is valid, registering, by the node, the promotion event in the blockchain network using a smart contract without storing the multiple promotion codes in the blockchain network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for calculating a patent claim scope rating are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a method of calculating a patent claim scope rating includes identifying patent references cited in examination of a subject patent and storing the identified patent references as an applied art list, identifying first backward references for the patent references in the applied art list and storing the first backward references as a first backward list, identifying second backward references for the first backward references in the first backward list and storing the second backward references as a second backward list, identifying forward references for the patent references in the applied art list and storing the forward references as a forward list. A patent claim scope rating is based on a calculation including at least a partial combination listing of the applied art list, the first and second backward lists, and the forward list.

Abstract: The present invention performs more realistic evaluation of an intellectual property right in which a value in business and a relation in business between enterprises are taken into account. The present invention provides a method, system, and program for preserving the business value of an enterprise which is an applicant, the business value of an enterprise which is an applicant of a source-of-citation patent application, and a relation in business between the two enterprises in a database, and calculating the evaluation index of a patent by reflecting the preserved value.

Abstract: A system involves a network-connected service platform including a computerized server, a processor operating in the computerized server, executing instructions from a non-transitory physical medium, a data repository coupled to the network-connected server, a programmable interface operable in the service platform, enabled for two-way communication with a content platform, enabling the service platform to access and retrieve data from the content platform, and classification data and profile data stored in the data repository.

Abstract: A method comprises determining, based at least in part on input detected by a mobile device, an offer to print a three-dimensional object, wherein the input detected by the mobile device suggests information about a user of the mobile device, and wherein the offer is chosen to be of interest to the user based on the information about the user. The method further comprises outputting the offer to print the three-dimensional object, detecting that offer conditions have been satisfied, and responsive to detecting that offer conditions have been satisfied, enabling printing of the three-dimensional object at a three-dimensional printer.

Abstract: A computer system detects that a digital certificate is set to expire within a threshold amount of time. In response to detecting that the digital certificate is set to expire, the computer system generates an update to cause a second computer system to perform operations to indicate an upcoming expiration of the digital certificate. The computer system provides the update to the second computer system to cause the second computer system to perform the operations.

Abstract: A system providing trademark search results includes: a controller; a display controlled by the controller; and a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the controller; wherein in response to executing the program instructions, the controller is configured to: receive a data set of trademark search results including a searched mark, a plurality of reference, and at least one proximity score between each reference and the searched mark; and provide through the display an interactive visual representation of the search results including a displayed relationship between the searched mark and at least two of the plurality of references, wherein the displayed relationship between the searched mark and the at least two of the plurality of references is a visual representation of the proximity score between the searched mark and each of the at least two of the plurality of references.

Abstract: Provided are a program management system, a spatial management system, a data management system, and a user interface. The program management system receives contact information and a search criteria for a locate request. The program management system transmits the search criteria to the spatial management system. The spatial management system geocodes the search criteria and retrieves map data from the data management system corresponding to the search criteria geocode. The spatial management system transmits the map data to the program management system. The program management system transmits the map data to the user system and, in return, receives an indication of a site location where the operation is to be performed. The program management system transmits the site location indication to the spatial management system. The spatial management system geocodes the site location indication and transmits the site location geocode to the program management system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to state awareness of a non-live object, and provide a method, system and computer program product for lifecycle model instance objectification of a non-activity object in an activity thread. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for lifecycle model instance objectification of non-activity objects in an activity thread can be provided. The method can include rendering an activity thread within an activity map for an activity-centric collaborative tool, creating an instance of a lifecycle model, and objectifying a non-activity object in the activity thread with the lifecycle model instance. Additionally, a status decorator can be displayed for the lifecycle model instance in association with the non-activity object in the activity map.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for managing the cost and quality of international patent applications over the life cycle of such applications. The method and system have various process circuitries that generate instructions for administrative and technical tasks and generate communications between a controlling agent and both an administrative patent agent and a technical agent.

Abstract: Data transmission between a safe producer and a safe consumer, wherein the safe producer is a network subscriber connected to a first network infrastructure, and the safe receiver is a network subscriber connected to one of the first network infrastructure and a second network infrastructure. Embodiments include generation of secure data for a safe consumer by the safe producer, write access to a data memory and writing the generated secure data, to be identifiable as such, to the data memory. Embodiments also may include consumption of secure data from a safe producer by a safe consumers, wherein a data memory is read accessed, to which data intended for safe consumers had been written to be identifiable as secure data, and wherein the data written to be identifiable as data intended for the safe consumer are read.

Abstract: A license management server generates a license including information about update confirmation date and usage period. An image forming apparatus tries to communicate with the license management server until the usage period elapses since the update confirmation date.

Abstract: An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract identifying content and review requirements for performing a review of the content, signing and validating the smart contract, storing the smart contract in a blockchain, receiving content review feedback from one or more reviewers of the content, and amending the blockchain to include the content review feedback.

Abstract: A system and method for the generation and presentation of candidate domain names are presented. The method includes receiving, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a request to access or purchase access to a software application, the request being received from a user. Keywords associated with at least one of the user, a website of the user, and a business of the user are generated and a candidate domain name relevant to the keywords is generated. A user interface is displayed including the candidate domain name. The user interface enables the user to register the candidate domain name. A plurality of candidate domain names may be generated and organized into carousels or stacks according to a common theme. The candidate domain names may be displayed on a user interface and arranged thereon according to a relevance score of the domain name bundles.

Abstract: A system may include one or more server devices. The system may provide a set of questions, to a user of a user device, to characterize an Internet of things system. The system may obtain responses from the user of the user device associated with each of the set of questions. The system may automatically create an Internet of things system architecture that defines the Internet of things system by applying associated Internet of things system architecture rules to the responses.

Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for selectively encrypting content for distribution from a receiver device to a companion device. A device processor of the receiving device may receive content, and may determine whether the content is encrypted. The device processor may determine the capabilities of the companion device in response to determining that the content is not encrypted. The device processor may encrypt the content in response to determine that the capabilities of the companion device meet a threshold. The device processor may then send the encrypted content to the companion device.

Abstract: A user's user device includes a messaging module that allows the user to communicate with its contacts through a messaging system. The messaging module also allows the user to access a status interface that includes a feed with multiple status items. Each status item indicates current information associated with a contact of the user. The status items are received by the messaging module from the messaging system. The messaging system creates the status items based on device information automatically provided to the system by user devices. One or more of the status items received by the messaging module are customized by the module after they are received from the messaging system and before they are presented to the user in the status interface. The status items are customized based information associated with the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure extends to temporally consistent group keys for groups of linked records in a data store. In embodiments, records in the data store can be categorized as persistent or temporary. Each record carries a unique record identifier and a timestamp depicting the record's time of creation. The group key for a group is the record identifier for the oldest persistent record in the group. If a group has no persistent records, the group key is the record identifier for the oldest temporary record in the group. If two or more records have identical timestamps, the group key is the first record identifier in a lexicographical ordering of the record identifiers for records having the earliest timestamps.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for separating the purchase of digital assets from their fulfillment and activation. Digital assets purchase information comprising digital assets identifier information and activation key data, and system identifier information comprising system identifier data, is received. The purchase information and the system identifier information are processed to generate digital assets activation request data, which is then processed by the provider of the digital assets to generate digital assets activation data. Associated digital assets data is provided with the digital assets activation data and then processed with the purchase transaction data to generate digital assets entitlement data.

Abstract: A method and system for binding mobile devices with intelligent apparatus are described. The method and system employ a mobile device to log in the server for acquiring user identification (UID) number. The mobile device fetches the information of an access point (AP), which can be identified by the first intelligent apparatus, and provides the UID number to the identified AP. The present invention characterizes in that the first intelligent apparatus disconnects itself from the mobile device, the first intelligent apparatus logs in the server by way of the identified AP, and the first intelligent apparatus uploads a first device identification code and the UID number to the server by way of the identified AP for generating the binding relationship between the first intelligent apparatus and the mobile device.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to intellectual property management and, more particularly, to a tool for searching and evaluating relative commercial potential of an invention. A user may select any of the services such as search, draft, innovation evaluation, commercial potential evaluation and so on. A search tool automatically generates a key string based on user inputs, searches in associated databases, organizes search results and delivers to the user. The keywords are improved or modified automatically by the search tool so as to improve subsequent search results. The keywords are improved by considering parameters such as field of search, search history of the user and so on. Further, new keywords are added to a dictionary so as to improve search strings each time. Drafting tools may be used to draft patent applications in specific format. Further, a research commercialization evaluator is used to analyze commercial potential of an invention.

Abstract: Systems and methods for calculating a patent claim scope rating are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a method of calculating a patent claim scope rating includes identifying patent references cited in examination of a subject patent and storing the identified patent references as an applied art list, identifying first backward references for the patent references in the applied art list and storing the first backward references as a first backward list, identifying second backward references for the first backward references in the first backward list and storing the second backward references as a second backward list, identifying forward references for the patent references in the applied art list and storing the forward references as a forward list. A patent claim scope rating is based on a calculation including at least a partial combination listing of the applied art list, the first and second backward lists, and the forward list.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for enhancing information security using an information passport dashboard are presented. In one or more embodiments, a computing platform may receive, from a user computing device, a request for an information passport dashboard. Subsequently, the computing platform may load a listing of available dashboard content items from an information passport database. Then, the computing platform may select content items from the listing of available dashboard content items to promote one or more content items to the user of the user computing device based on user preferences information and further based on aggregate usage information. Thereafter, the computing platform may generate an information passport dashboard interface that includes information identifying the content items selected from the listing of available dashboard content items for the user of the user computing device.

Abstract: Controls electronic devices and/or throttles electronic devices and/or information for electronic devices based on agreements or events and/or based on schedule, location, time, or any combination thereof. An agreement includes condition(s) to satisfy the agreement, such as task(s) or activities to be performed by an agreement performer, for example based on a schedule and/or location, at a particular time, or time period, or, or events that may be detected, and actions performed to enforce or assert the agreement. Actions may include controlling the electronic device and/or at least partially enabling/disabling or otherwise limiting, reducing or increasing the amount or type of information allowed with respect to any or all electronic devices associated with the agreement performer. Embodiments may reduce or block information from particular sources during a scheduled school class to limit web surfing for information related to that class based on a schedule and/or location of the electronic device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing documents such as a prior art documents and documents for submission to government agencies such as an information disclosure statement (IDS) configured for submission to a patent office. In certain aspects, the system and methods include automatic retrieval of relevant documents, for example using a crawler service over a network such as the Internet. In certain aspects, the systems and methods include automatic optical character recognition and template matching to facilitate the extraction of information relating to certain documents. In certain aspects, the system and methods include a generating interface configured to present information to a generating user and to allow the generating user to select options relating to the citation of references in a particular patent family.

Abstract: Technologies for 3D printing digital rights management (DRM) include a 3D printing device communicatively coupled with a 3D model storage server and a rights management server over a network. The 3D printing device may establish a model unlock engine in a first trusted execution environment and a key release engine in a second trusted execution environment. The model unlock engine may extract a content access policy and a content key from an encrypted 3D model and generate a content key request to the key release engine. The key release engine may validate the content key request and decrypt the content key in response to the content access policy being satisfied. The model unlock engine may further decrypt 3D model content included in the 3D model using the decrypted content key to facilitate the printing of the 3D model.

Abstract: Content is transmitted within a range of the user's legitimate use while limiting the number of equipment to which the content is transmitted at the same time. A content using apparatus periodically transmits an exchange key and the corresponding key ID using a command. Only while receiving the key ID at predetermined reception cycles, a content providing apparatus maintains the corresponding exchange key. When not periodically receiving the key ID, the content providing apparatus destroys the corresponding exchange key. After that, when receiving a command including the key ID, the content providing apparatus returns a response including information indicating that the exchange key has become invalid.

Abstract: Monitoring a 3D printer comprises a network information module, a photographic device, a status report module, and a fixed format instruction receiver module. The photographic device is capable of periodically shooting a print status of the 3D printer. The status report module is capable of periodically reporting the print status or instantly reporting a print error of the 3D printer. The fixed format instruction receiver module is capable of receiving a remote fixed format instruction to operate the 3D printer. Thus, the system may not require an operator to monitor the 3D printer for long. Even on the remote end, the system can monitor a print status of a printed object and may execute a corresponding treatment when a print error of the 3D printer has occurred.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are provided for automatically tracking change in ownership of a patent listed in a database. The method comprises receiving input identifying the patent to be tracked for changes in ownership. The input further including data associated with a plurality of selected fields relating to the patent. The plurality of selected fields includes two or more of: name change in patent holder; date or date range of assignment; date of incorporation of assignor or assignee; place of incorporation, or address of assignor or assignee; nationality of assignor or assignee; and nature of assignment. Causing the presentation of each field in a user interface that receives input. Automatically performing a search of the database, on a predetermined regular basis based on the input received, identifying one or more intervening changes in ownership status for the patent. The search result is transmitted for display in the user interface.

Abstract: In one aspect, this application describes a method for determining a license status of a software application. The method includes receiving a license status request to obtain an indication of whether a software application is licensed for use on a client computing device. The method also includes identifying identity information that corresponds to user identity information, device identity information, or both. The method also includes sending a communication generated from the license status request and the identity information to a licensing service, the communication being used by the licensing service to generate the indication based at least in part on the identity information and licensing information associated with the software application. The method also includes receiving a license status response from the licensing service that includes the indication. The method also includes sending the license status response to the software application for processing by the software application.

Abstract: Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation, such as a video recorder or a still camera, device can store labels of the rights and can associate usage rights with content in real time as the content is created.

Abstract: A system and method of delivering a media package to an on-line downloading store are disclosed. The method includes receiving a media file into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file. The method further includes receiving setting data and destination data for storing a media package associated with processing the media file. The method next includes retrieving pre-defined asset metadata based on user-submitted credential data and vendor identification data, receiving contract acceptance data based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file and generating a media package configured for ingestion into the on-line media store for each at least one compression job assigned to the media file.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a system and method to provide cross-referencing of important IP relationships. The system comprising software executing on a computing platform for displaying relationships between various domains of IP information selected from the group of claims, prosecution history, products, concepts or art.

Abstract: Example apparatus and methods facilitate providing an incremental future-proof license to a master stream of content. The master stream may be related to different instances of content (e.g., different versions) for which there is a unified content representation. A request for content available through the master stream may be received from a licensee. The request may include an explicit indication of which stream of frames is to be accessed or may include implicit information from which a stream of frames may be selected. The selected stream may be changed midstream in response to changing conditions (e.g., bandwidth), events (e.g., gesture), devices (e.g., licensee accesses different device) or explicit requests. As the available streams of frames associated with the content changes, the changes may be mapped to the master stream and made available to the licensee. The licensee may pay an incremental license fee for access to updated content.

Abstract: A federation system operating in a first enterprise includes a configuration server and a database for creating and storing federation configuration data and a federation registrar having an interface for dealing with a second enterprise seeking to federate. In the system the second enterprise connects to the federation registrar, negotiation takes place concerning details of federation, agreement is reached, configuration is stored in the configuration database, and the second enterprise is then coupled to the first enterprise through a pair of federation proxy interfaces, one at the first enterprise and one at the second enterprise, the proxy interfaces configured by details of the federation.

Abstract: A domain protected marks list (DPML) blocks domain name registrations that contain validly registered trademarks. When a request is received from a requestor for a DPML registration for a string comprising a trademark, it is verified to ensure the validity of the trademark and to further ensure that a prior block on the string does not already exist in one or more registries. Upon the verification, a DPML block is registered across the registries which do not comprise a domain name that corresponds to the string. This prevents domain name registrations for the string within the registries by parties other than the requestor.

Abstract: An approach is provided for a service provider to identify documents to include in a client's repository and for the client to print the documents from the client's repository. In an embodiment, a computing device receives authentication information identifying a first user, receives first user information identifying a second user, receives information indicating selection of a one or more particular documents, from a set of one or more documents, and sends document information that at least identifies the one or more particular documents to a repository associated with the second user. A printing device receives second user information identifying the second user, and, in response to receiving the second user information, retrieves the one or more particular documents from the repository based, at least in part, on the second user information. The printing device processes at least one document of the one or more particular documents for printing.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for dynamically assigning usage rights to digital content for use in a system having at least one repository, including specifying a usage right, the usage right specifying an authorized use of digital content and being enforceable by a repository; determining a status of a dynamic condition; and dynamically assigning the usage right to the digital content based on the status of the dynamic condition.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for avoiding duplication of effort in drafting documents and, in particular, to a system and method for avoiding duplication of effort in preparing patent related submissions. The method is implemented on a computer infrastructure comprises storing disclosure information related to non-public proprietary innovation and receiving terms associated with an innovation. The method further comprises matching the terms with the stored disclosure information and providing an alert to a user that certain of the terms overlap with the stored disclosure information.

Abstract: An automated music industry solution for aggregated search and licensing of diverse music catalogs through the use of metadata and algorithmic search technologies connecting the diverse supply of music available for synchronization licenses and the daily demands of music and media professionals.

Abstract: A method, system, and device for verifying authorized issuance of a statement or expression, including determining if a statement or expression is associated with a statement of trusted issuance; determining if the statement of trusted issuance applies; determining if issuance of the statement of trusted issuance is authorized; and verifying that the issuance of the statement or expression was authorized, if the statement of trusted issuance applies, and the issuance of the statement of trusted issuance is authorized.

Abstract: A content activation system is presented. A recognition engine is configured to obtain a descriptor set associated with an identified object represented within a digital representation. A content management module can be coupled with the recognition engine. The content management module can be configured to: obtain the descriptor set from the recognition engine, identify at least one content activation policy as a function of the descriptor set, identify a content set associated with an identified object and based on the descriptor set, and configure an output device to activate (e.g., release, render, present, interact, etc.) the content set according to the activation policy.

Abstract: A browser application has at least two web browser objects for browsing Private PAIR while hiding multi-page navigation from a user. The browser application is configured to automatically download XML data from Private PAIR, and generate one or more reports therefrom, including a Daily Updates report, a Cross Checker report, and a Docket Listing report. The browser application is preferably configured to selectively provide limited access to Private PAIR by restricting user navigation to programmatic navigation.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including storing information regarding a plurality of patents, where information regarding at least one patent of the plurality of patents is transmitted from a communication device of or associated with a patent rights holder and storing information regarding a pool of patents, where the pool of patents includes at least two patents of the plurality of patents. The method also includes storing information regarding a price to obtain a license to the pool of patents and receiving a request for information for obtaining the license to the pool of patents, where the request for information is transmitted from a third-party. Also, the method includes processing the request for information for obtaining the license to the pool of patents with a processor, generating a message in response to the request, where the message contains at least one term or condition and a price, and transmitting the message.

Abstract: Novel distractorless authorship verification technology optionally combines with novel algorithms to solve authorship attribution as to an open set of candidates—such as without limitation by analyzing the voting of “mixture of experts” and outputting the result to a user using the following: if z (z=pi?pj?pi+pj?(pi?pj)2/n) is larger than a first predetermined threshold then author j cannot be the correct author; or if z (z=pi?pj?pi+pj?(pi?pj)2/n) is smaller than a second predetermined threshold then author i cannot be the correct author; or if no author garners significantly more votes than all other contenders then none of the named authors is the author of a document in question—in a number of novel applications. Personality profiling and authorship attribution may also be used to verify user identity to a computer.