Blockchain Content Rights Management via Bioinformation Encryption

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current digital rights management (DRM) systems, including those utilizing blockchain technology, lack effective mechanisms for securely managing and transferring content rights, particularly in ensuring the integrity and authorization of digital content usage over time and across multiple owners.

Innovation Solution

A content right management method that generates and transfers 'create keys' based on user bioinformation, incorporating copyright and creation rights, which can be used to create and manage encrypted content and coins, allowing secure access and usage rights, with the ability to transfer these rights and manage usage periods through a blockchain platform.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If blockchain technology is used for DRM, then security and integrity of digital content are improved, but the ability to manage and transfer content rights effectively deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegrity of digital contentVSAvoidmanagement and transfer of content rights
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments content rights into distinct types (copyright, creation right, usage right) and represents them as separate tokens in the blockchain system. This segmentation allows for granular management and transfer of specific rights without affecting other rights, resolving the contradiction by enabling effective rights management while maintaining blockchain's integrity guarantees.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces smart contracts as intermediary mechanisms that automatically enforce rights management rules and facilitate transfers. These smart contracts act as mediators between content owners and users, enabling seamless rights management and transfer operations while maintaining the security and integrity provided by the blockchain underlying layer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If traditional DRM systems are used, then content protection is provided, but security against unauthorized access and leaks deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunauthorized access and leaksVSAvoidcontent protection
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical DRM protection mechanisms with a blockchain-based cryptographic system. Instead of relying on centralized authorization servers and software-based protection, the system uses distributed ledger technology and cryptographic tokens to provide more secure content protection that is resistant to unauthorized access and leaks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the fundamental parameters of DRM by moving from centralized control to distributed consensus, and from software-based protection to cryptographic protection. These parameter changes in the system architecture fundamentally improve security against unauthorized access and leaks while maintaining effective content protection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If create keys are transferred to non-inheritors, then copyright transfer is simplified, but security and authorization control deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecopyright transferVSAvoidauthorization control
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic authorization control where the system automatically determines whether a transferee is an inheritor or non-inheritor and adjusts the transfer scope accordingly. This dynamic approach allows simplified transfer for non-inheritors (copyright only) while maintaining security through automated verification and restriction of transferable rights, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11687624B2Contents blockchain platform
Publication Date: 2023.06.27 WHOBORN INC
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AI summary

A platform and method for content management is disclosed. A content right management method includes receiving contents from a user, and generating a create key for a right for the contents by encrypting the contents using encryption information, in which the create key includes a copyright of the contents and a creation right of the contents.