Sony Group had 355 patents in digitalization during Q4 2023. Sony Group Corp’s patents in Q4 2023 cover a range of technologies including data provisioning using NFTs, synchronized reproduction of images and sounds, concealing aspects of RC in ATSC 3.0 television protocol, enhancing safety in communication systems, and methods for sending and outputting content streams with user engagement information. These patents showcase Sony’s innovation in various fields such as data management, multimedia synchronization, broadcast television services, communication security, and content streaming. GlobalData’s report on Sony Group gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Sony Group grant share with digitalization as a theme is 44% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Data provisioning framework using non-fungible tokens (Patent ID: US20230419315A1)
The patent by Sony Group Corp. describes a system and method for data provisioning using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The system involves storing a dataset associated with a data owner, receiving a purchase request for an NFT representing the dataset, updating ownership information of the NFT based on the request, validating access requests for the dataset, serving a copy of the dataset to an analytics system, determining consumption patterns, and controlling access based on the patterns. Additionally, the method includes extracting datasets from mobility service data, creating NFTs based on dataset conditions, listing NFTs on an NFT marketplace, and storing datasets in encrypted or anonymized forms.
Furthermore, the system includes a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) network with various nodes for communication, executing smart contracts on distributed ledgers or ledger nodes for validation, and setting access rules for datasets based on analytics parameters. The terms associated with the sale of NFTs and dataset usage include restrictions on dataset downloads, access duration, location, resale, and more. The method also involves sharing private keys for encrypted dataset access, detecting violations of terms based on consumption patterns, generating feedback, and using machine learning models for determining violations. Overall, the system and method provide a comprehensive approach to data provisioning and access control using NFTs and smart contracts.
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