DIGITAL RIGHTS TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140281557A1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Depietro, Mark G., Brown, David S., Decker, Lorin F., Matthews, Sean P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,294,451 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0457 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply dynamic encryption, e.g. stream encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for stream encryption H04L9/065

Abstract

A system is provided that includes a receiving component a first encrypting component and a second encrypting component. The receiving component can receive, from a first user, item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator. The receiving component can also receive, from the first user, image data based on the tangible item. The first encrypting component can generate encrypted item identification data based on the item identification data. The second encrypting component operable to generate encrypted image data based on the image data. The resultant set of encrypted information is stored so as to associate the image and the ownership data for use later as proof of ownership of an item and its associated rights.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a receiving component operable to receive item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator and to receive image data based on the tangible item;

a first encrypting component operable to generate encrypted item identification data based on the item identification data; and

a second encrypting component operable to generate encrypted image data based on the image data.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage component; and

a controlling component operable to store the encrypted item identification data in said storage component and to store the encrypted image data in said storage component.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a user registration component operable to receive user data associated with a first user,

wherein said controlling component is further operable to associate a component of said storage component to the first user.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the user data is additionally associated with a second user.

5. The system of claim 1,

wherein said first encrypting component is operable to generate the item identification data based on one of a group consisting of a unique device identifier, position data, date data, time data, device identifier data, password data and combinations thereof,

wherein the unique device identifier uniquely corresponds to the tangible item,

wherein the position data corresponds to a geodetic position of the tangible item at a first time,

wherein the date data corresponds to the date of the first time,

wherein the time data corresponds to the first time,

wherein the device identifier data corresponds to a device used to generate the image data, and

wherein the password data corresponds to a password of the first user.

6. The system of claim 1,

wherein said first encrypting component comprises a hash function generator,

wherein the item identification data has a first bit length,

wherein said hash function generator is operable to generate the encrypted item identification data as hashes of a second bit length, and

wherein the second bit length is less than the first bit length.

7. A method comprising:

receiving via a receiving component, item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator;

receiving via the receiving component, image data based on the tangible item;

generating, via a first encrypting component, encrypted item identification data based on the item identification data; and

generating, via a second encrypting component, encrypted image data based on the image data.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing, via a controlling component, the encrypted item identification data in the storage component;

generating, via the first decrypting component, the item identification data based on the encrypted item identification data.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, via a user registration component, user data associated with a first user; and

associating, via the controlling component, a portion of the storage component to the first user.

11. The method of claim 7,

wherein said generating, via a first encrypting component, encrypted item identification data based on the item identification data comprises generating the item identification data based on one of a group consisting of a unique device identifier, position data, date data, time data, device identifier data, password data and combinations thereof,

wherein the unique device identifier uniquely corresponds to the tangible item,

wherein the position data corresponds to a geodetic position of the tangible item at a first time,

wherein the date data corresponds to the date of the first time,

wherein the time data corresponds to the first time,

wherein the device identifier data corresponds to a device used to generate the image data, and

wherein the password data corresponds to a password.

12. The method of claim 7,

wherein said generating, via a first encrypting component, encrypted item identification data based on the item identification data comprises generating, via a hash function generator, encrypted item identification data based on the item identification data,

wherein the item identification data has a first bit length,

wherein the hash function generator is operable to generate the encrypted item identification data as hashes of a second bit length, and

wherein the second bit length is less than the first bit length.

10. The method of claim 10, wherein the user data is additionally associated with a second user.

13. A system comprising:

a first decrypting component operable to generate, from encrypted item identification data, item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator;

a second decrypting component operable to generate image data based on encrypted image data; and

a transmitting component,

wherein said transmitting component is operable to transmit, the item identification data and the image data.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a storage component; and

a controlling component operable to provide the encrypted item identification data from said storage component to said first decrypting component and to provide the encrypted image data from said storage component to said second decrypting component.

15. The system of claim 13,

wherein said first decrypting component is operable generate, from the encrypted item identification data, the item identification data as one of a group consisting of position data, date data, time data, device identifier data, password data and combinations thereof,

wherein the position data corresponds to a geodetic position of the tangible item at a first time,

wherein the date data corresponds to the date of the first time,

wherein the time data corresponds to the first time,

wherein the device identifier data corresponds to a device used to generate the image data, and

wherein the password data corresponds to a password.

16. The system of claim 13,

wherein said first decrypting component comprises a hash function lookup table,

wherein the encrypted item identification data are hashes of a first bit length,

wherein said hash function lookup table is operable to provide the item identification data of a second bit length, and

wherein the second bit length is greater than the first bit length.

17. A method comprising:

generating, via a first decrypting component and from encrypted item identification data, item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator;

generating, via a second decrypting component operable, image data based on encrypted image data; and

transmitting, via a transmitting component, the item identification data and the image data.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

providing, via a controlling component, the encrypted item identification data from a storage component to the first decrypting component; and

providing, via the controlling component, the encrypted image data from the storage component to the second decrypting component.

19. The method of claim 17,

wherein said generating, via a first decrypting component and from encrypted item identification data, item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator comprises generating, via the first decrypting component, the item identification data as one of a group consisting of a unique device identifier, position data, date data, time data, device identifier data, password data and combinations thereof,

wherein the unique device identifier uniquely corresponds to the tangible item,

wherein the position data corresponds to a geodetic position of the tangible item at a first time,

wherein the date data corresponds to the date of the first time,

wherein the time data corresponds to the first time,

wherein the device identifier data corresponds to a device used to generate the image data, and

wherein the password data corresponds to a password.

20. The method of claim 17,

wherein said generating, via a first decrypting component and from encrypted item identification data, item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator comprises generating, via a hash function lookup table, the item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator,

wherein the encrypted item identification data are hashes of a first bit length,

wherein the hash function lookup table is operable to provide the item identification data of a second bit length, and

wherein the second bit length is greater than the first bit length.