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: Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods may facilitate various rights management associated with a variety of physical products. In various embodiments, information may be securely associated with products and/or digital assets associated with products using secure tags, which may comprise near field communication tags. Information associated with the secure tags may be associated with non-fungible tokens, which may allow for management of rights related to products associated with the tags using blockchain and/or other trusted ledger services. In this manner, non-fungible token management paradigms may be used to manage, implement, and/or otherwise enforce rights associated with physical products in a variety of variety of applications, use cases, and/or contexts.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for protection of streamed media content is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes control means for governance of content streams or content objects, decryption means for decrypting content streams or content objects under control of the control means, and feedback means for tracking actual use of content streams or content objects. The control means may operate in accordance with rules received as part of the streamed content, or through a side-band channel. The rules may specify allowed uses of the content, including whether or not the content can be copied or transferred, and whether and under what circumstances received content may be “checked-out” of one device and used in a second device. The rules may also include or specify budgets, and a requirement that audit information be collected and/or transmitted to an external server. In a different aspect, the apparatus may include a media player designed to call plugins to assist in rendering content.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for protection of streamed media content is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes control means for governance of content streams or content objects, decryption means for decrypting content streams or content objects under control of the control means, and feedback means for tracking actual use of content streams or content objects. The control means may operate in accordance with rules received as part of the streamed content, or through a side-band channel. The rules may specify allowed uses of the content, including whether or not the content can be copied or transferred, and whether and under what circumstances received content may be “checked out” of one device and used in a second device. The rules may also include or specify budgets, and a requirement that audit information be collected and/or transmitted to an external server. In a different aspect, the apparatus may include a media player designed to call plugins to assist in rendering content.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for using an arbitrary fixed channel to carry third-party information. In one embodiment, the present invention provides systems and methods for enabling existing content rendering devices to accept content encoded in a proprietary format, such as an encoding format used by a digital rights management system. The encoded content is rendered by the device in the normal manner, and decoded by a retrofitting appliance connected to the device's output. The retrofitting appliance may apply decoded rules and controls to the decoded content, thereby managing use of the content.

Abstract: A method for finding a match between a pattern of data of relatively small size in a base of related data or relatively large size in the presence of occlusions which are gaps or noise that obscure portions, either of the pattern or of the base. The method involves masking out occluded points in both the base data and the pattern so that correlation can be computed only at those points that are not occluded.