Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for enabling the use of secret digital or electronic information without exposing the sensitive information to unsecured applications. In certain embodiments, the methods may include invoking, by a client application executing in an open processing domain, a secure abstraction layer configured to interface with secret data protected by a secure processing domain. Secure operations may be securely performed on the secret data by the secure abstraction layer in the secure processing domain based on an invocation from a client application running in the open processing domain.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods provide allow for dynamic management of electrical systems using an intelligent energy management system. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, an intelligent energy management system may allow for the dynamic connection of electrical sources and/or loads in accordance with applicable operating rules. Operating rules may be articulated and enforced by the intelligent energy management system that provide for event and/or state driven of an electrical system and/or associated sources and/or loads. Among other things, embodiments of the disclosed intelligent energy management system may support relatively flexible connection of electrical sources and loads, bidirectional energy usage to allow for energy to be both consumed from and fed back to a utility grid, improved battery storage and/or management, proactive energy source switching and predictive battery discharge management, and/or the like.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing connected devices and associated network connections. In certain embodiments, trust, privacy, safety, and/or security of information communicated between connected devices may be established in part through use of security associations and/or shared group tokens. In some embodiments, these security associations may be used to form an explicit private network associated with the user. A user may add and/or manage devices included in the explicit private network through management of various security associations associated with the network's constituent devices.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for performing cryptographic operations in connection with the management of electronic content using multiple license services. In some circumstances, a content service may not wish to share unencrypted content keys with a single license service for a variety of security reasons. Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods may use multi-party cryptographic methods in connection with the management of protected content keys and/or associated licenses and/or the distribution of content keys and/or licenses to authorized users and/or devices. In various embodiments, a content service may split a content key into a plurality of key shares and may transmit the key shares to a plurality of different license services. The license services may coordinate operations to generate a protected content key without revealing unencrypted content key to any of the participating license services.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for managing and/or verifying the integrity and/or provenance of digital content and/or media. Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein may provide a mechanism for generating a secure records relating to digital content and/or other media by capturing records relating to creation and/or modification actions performed in connection with digital content and/or media and storing such records in a ledger. Trusted services that examine captured information recorded in trusted databases and/or ledgers and generate derivative information relating to associated content and/or media. When viewing content, trusted content applications may query the trusted service for derivative information relating to the content and/or media, providing users with an indication of the derivative information in connection with content and/or media playback.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for facilitating trusted handling of genomic and/or other sensitive information. Certain embodiments may use a virtualized execution environment to execute code and/or programs that wish to access and/or otherwise use genomic and/or other sensitive information. In some embodiments, data requests from the code and/or programs may be routed through a transparent data access proxy configured to transform requests and/or associated responses to protect the integrity of the genomic and/or other sensitive information.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing state using relatively small assistance from protected hardware. Obfuscated code segments may communicate with supporting protected hardware, store encrypted state values in main memory, and/or communicate via secure channels to secure platform hardware components. In various embodiments, consistent state may be achieved, at least in part, by computing secure tag information and storing the secure tag information in a secure and/or otherwise protected device register. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, the tag information may be used to derive keys used to encrypt and/or decrypt stored state information. Tag information may further be used in connection with verification operations prior to using the information to derive associated keys.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods provide for the management of products using secure tags and a token rights management ecosystem. Products may be associated with secure tags and/or digital tokens which may be used in connection with various disclosed management paradigms. Marketplace service and token rights management services are described that facilitate, among other things, registration of products and/or associated secure tags, management of missing, lost, and/or otherwise stolen products, validation of products and/or associated secure tags, identification and/or management of ownership rights of products, and/or the like. In some embodiments, trusted ledger and/or blockchain services may be employed to manage and/or validate digital tokens securely associated with products using secure tags.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for facilitating the verification of the integrity of digital content. Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods may provide mechanisms for generating a secure and unambiguous record of the creation and/or modification of digital content and/or other media associated with events. Further embodiments may provide for a ledger configured to capture a record of creation and/or modification actions performed in connection with digital content.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for facilitating the secure recording and use of assertions made by entities regarding other entities. Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods provide mechanisms to make assertions in an authentic and authoritative manner and enable discovery and reliance on those assertions using trusted distributed ledgers and/or derivatives of the same. Various embodiments may be used in connection with establishing security associations and/or secure communication channels between entities and/or the secure management of governed electronic resources.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods provide for the management of digital assets and associated asset distribution architectures. Assets may be associated with digital tokens which may be used in connection with various disclosed management paradigms. Marketplace service and token rights management services are described that facilitate, among other things, payment from consumers and/or other parties to artists and/or rightsholders, interactions with media services including content distribution network(s) and/or packaging services, management of rights to digital assets using key management and/or DRM services and/or blockchain services, which may be used to manage associated tokens using trusted ledgers and/or blockchains. In addition, fractional ownership rights may be associated and managed in connection with digital assets, enabling multiple parties to acquire shares in digital assets and be remunerated based on the consumption of such assets.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to, among other things, managing the operation of a vehicle in accordance with one or more policies. Consistent with various aspects of the disclosed embodiments, a vehicle control system may be used to enforce policy in connection with various vehicle operations based, at least in part, on trusted information provided by one or more vehicle subsystems and/or other systems. A vehicle control system may verify the received information and use the verified information to determine whether the vehicle may engage in a particular operation and/or enter a particular operational mode in accordance with one or more policies.

Abstract: A method for distributing an electronic content item for consumption with advertisements is provided. In one embodiment, a content provider creates a license identifying one or more slots within an electronic content item at which advertisements are to be inserted. The license specifies one or more types of advertisements that are not permitted to be inserted into the slots, and also specifies criteria for dynamically selecting advertisements to insert into the one or more slots. The content provider securely associates the electronic license with the electronic content item and distributes the electronic content item and the electronic license to a third party for consumption or subsequent transfer to an end user.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing protected electronic content that employ relatively efficient messaging schemes. Rights management architectures are described that may, among other things, provide end-to-end protection of content keys from their point of origination at a content creator and/or content service to end user devices. Certain embodiments may further provide for message protocols where fewer messages are sent in connection with a protected content license request process, thereby reducing latency associated with license request and provisioning processes.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for determining an optimal path and/or route to a destination for a vehicle. Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein facilitate intelligent route planning to a desired destination by a vehicle. In certain embodiments, a path and/or route to a desired destination is determined that accounts for vehicle charging and/or refueling requirements. Disclosed systems and methods may further generate and distribute reservation information ensuring availability of vehicle charging and/or refueling stations along a selected route. Further embodiments disclosed herein may implement information targeting services in connection with intelligent route planning.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing protected electronic content using proxy reencryption techniques. Rights management architectures are described that may, among other things, provide end-to-end protection of content keys from their point of origination at a content creator and/or content service to end user devices. Proxy reencryption techniques consistent with aspects of the disclosed embodiments may enable transformation of a ciphertext under one public key to a ciphertext containing the same plaintext under another public key. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, proxy reencryption processes may be implemented using indistinguishability obfuscation and puncturable public-key encryption schemes, functional encryption, and/or white box obfuscation techniques.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for augmenting and/or otherwise supplementing content using watermarks. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, a user device such as a smartphone may be used to retrieve watermark information encoded in a watermark. The watermark information may comprise content that supplements an associated content item, link and/or location information that may be used to retrieve supplemental content, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the watermark information may comprise cryptographic and/or other access token information used to decrypt and/or otherwise access supplemental content.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing the operation of unmanned vehicles within policy managed locations and/or areas. In some embodiments, an unmanned vehicle may issue an operator signed request to enter a policy managed area and/or use a certain sensor system within a policy managed area to an unmanned vehicle management system. The unmanned vehicle management system may verify the operator's identity and associated rights with a trusted authority, identify a policy associated with the policy managed area, and enforce the identified policy in connection with generating a response to the request. In this manner, the use of unmanned vehicles and/or associated systems may be managed in accordance with certain policies and/or rules associated with a particular operating location and/or area.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for determining an optimal path and/or route to a destination for a vehicle. Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein facilitate intelligent route planning to a desired destination by a vehicle. In certain embodiments, a path and/or route to a desired destination is determined that accounts for vehicle charging and/or refueling requirements. Disclosed systems and methods may further generate and distribute reservation information ensuring availability of vehicle charging and/or refueling stations along a selected route. Further embodiments disclosed herein may implement information targeting services in connection with intelligent route planning.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for facilitating the secure recording and use of assertions made by entities regarding other entities. Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods provide mechanisms to make assertions in an authentic and authoritative manner and enable discovery and reliance on those assertions using trusted distributed ledgers and/or derivatives of the same. Various embodiments may be used in connection with establishing security associations and/or secure communication channels between entities and/or the secure management of governed electronic resources.