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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 03, 2017
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Hillel Solow, Beit Shemesh, IL;
Yossi Tsuria, Jerusalem, IL;
Avraham Poupko, Jerusalem, IL;
Shabtai Atlow, Efrat, IL;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an instruction is received at a blockchain server from a first digital rights management (DRM) client, the instruction including an instruction to transfer a DRM license to an encrypted content item to a second DRM client. A block to be recorded in a blockchain, is created, the block including a content item ID of said encrypted content item, one of a device ID of a device including the second DRM client or a user ID of a user of the second DRM client, DRM license information for said DRM license, and a DRM decryption key for decrypting said encrypted content item. The block is recorded in the blockchain. A confirmation message is sent to the second DRM client confirming that the block was written to the blockchain. Related systems, methods, and apparatuses are also described.