US 12,488,069 B2
Content licensing platform, system, and method
Bryan Vos, Clifford (CA); Nathan Finochio, New York, NY (US); Joel Auge, Millgrove (CA); Steven Bosman, Hanover (CA); Joel Koops, Guelph (CA); and Joel Houston, Purchase, NY (US)
Assigned to DATAVAULT AI INC., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by Datavault AI Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/136,580.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/588,047, filed on Nov. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0155997 A1, May 23, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 21/105 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing content licensing, comprising:
receiving copyright information associated with content, the copyright information includes at least one or more copyright owners associated with the content and monetization selections associated with one or more copyright owners including content usage restrictions and at least 1) payments or 2) royalty/licensing rates associated with a selected utilization of the content;
receiving a digital representation of the content;
assigning one or more secure identifiers consisting of inaudible audio tones to the content prior to any licenses or transactions, wherein the inaudible audio tones are generated by applying hashing algorithms to metadata extracted from the content;
updating a content library and a blockchain ledger with the content and associated one or more secure identifiers;
automatically generating and implementing the licenses and transactions for the content utilizing unique identifier for each of the licenses and the transactions, the licenses and transactions are implemented utilizing the monetization selections of the copyright information;
recording each of the licenses and transactions in the blockchain ledger separately utilizing at least the copyright information, the one or more secure identifiers, and the unique identifier; and
automatically communicating the content from the content library associated with the licenses and transactions to one or more parties; and
splitting revenue associated with the licenses and transactions utilizing the copyright information to compensate the one or more owners.