Via Licensing (historically)
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Via Licensing is a company that historically operated as a patent pool administrator, managing licensing programs for technologies such as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Via Licensing (historically) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9740614 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Via Licensing (historically) Context triple: [Advanced Audio Coding, patentPoolManagedBy, Via Licensing (historically)]
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A.
Licensing Division
The Licensing Division is a specialized unit of the Maryland State Police responsible for administering and regulating various public safety-related licenses, such as firearms and security services, within the state.
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B.
Licensing Services Division
The Licensing Services Division is a unit within the California Department of Insurance responsible for overseeing and administering the licensing of insurance agents, brokers, and related professionals in the state.
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C.
Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a U.S. nonprofit organization that administers blanket mechanical licenses and collects and distributes digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers.
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D.
Licensing and Registration Service
The Licensing and Registration Service is a division of Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources that manages licenses, permits, and registrations related to the state’s natural resources and outdoor activities.
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E.
Intertrust Technologies
Intertrust Technologies is a company known for its digital rights management and trusted computing technologies, providing security and rights-enabling solutions for digital content and data.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Via Licensing (historically) Target entity description: Via Licensing is a company that historically operated as a patent pool administrator, managing licensing programs for technologies such as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).
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A.
Licensing Division
The Licensing Division is a specialized unit of the Maryland State Police responsible for administering and regulating various public safety-related licenses, such as firearms and security services, within the state.
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B.
Licensing Services Division
The Licensing Services Division is a unit within the California Department of Insurance responsible for overseeing and administering the licensing of insurance agents, brokers, and related professionals in the state.
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C.
Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a U.S. nonprofit organization that administers blanket mechanical licenses and collects and distributes digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers.
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D.
Licensing and Registration Service
The Licensing and Registration Service is a division of Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources that manages licenses, permits, and registrations related to the state’s natural resources and outdoor activities.
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E.
Intertrust Technologies
Intertrust Technologies is a company known for its digital rights management and trusted computing technologies, providing security and rights-enabling solutions for digital content and data.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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patent pool administrator ⓘ |
| administeredPatentPoolFor |
AAC
NERFINISHED
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Advanced Audio Coding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTechnology |
audio compression standards
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digital media standards ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
commercial deployment of AAC
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widespread use of Advanced Audio Coding in consumer products ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
audio coding technologies
ⓘ
multimedia technologies ⓘ standard-essential patents ⓘ |
| goal |
facilitate adoption of standardized technologies
ⓘ
reduce transaction costs for patent licensing ⓘ simplify licensing of complex technology standards ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
licensing program management
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patent pool administration ⓘ |
| historicalRole | major AAC licensing administrator ⓘ |
| historicalScope | global licensing programs ⓘ |
| industry |
intellectual property licensing
ⓘ
technology licensing ⓘ |
| knownFor | AAC patent pool administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licensingModelFeature |
aggregated multiple patent portfolios
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centralized license administration ⓘ offered standardized royalty terms ⓘ |
| offeredLicensesFor | AAC implementations ⓘ |
| offeredLicensesTo |
content providers
ⓘ
device manufacturers ⓘ software vendors ⓘ |
| operatedInDomain |
multimedia codec licensing
ⓘ
standard-essential patent licensing ⓘ |
| providedService |
one-stop patent licensing
ⓘ
portfolio licensing ⓘ royalty collection ⓘ royalty distribution ⓘ |
| role | intermediary between patent owners and licensees ⓘ |
| servedStakeholder |
consumer electronics companies
ⓘ
patent holders ⓘ software developers ⓘ technology implementers ⓘ |
| typeOfLicensingModel | patent pool ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Via Licensing (historically) Description of subject: Via Licensing is a company that historically operated as a patent pool administrator, managing licensing programs for technologies such as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.