Patents by Inventor Cynthia Healy

Cynthia Healy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120101949
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically and transparently renewing licenses associated with downloaded content. Licensing associated with content can allow the provider to retain control over the content after it has been downloaded on to the user's computer. A license file or similar licensing parameter is the key to retaining control over access to the content after it has been downloaded. The license file may also control copying of the content on to computers other than the original computer used. The dynamic renewal method will transparently renew the license files on a user's computer to allow the associated content to be used without disruption as long as the user's account is in good standing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: William E. PENCE, Dik Langan, Cynthia Healy, Geoff Schreiber, Donna Penick
  • Patent number: 8090662
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically and transparently renewing licenses associated with downloaded content. Licensing associated with content can allow the provider to retain control over the content after it has been downloaded on to the user's computer. A license file or similar licensing parameter is the key to retaining control over access to the content after it has been downloaded. The license file may also control copying of the content on to computers other than the original computer used. The dynamic renewal method will transparently renew the license files on a user's computer to allow the associated content to be used without disruption as long as the user's account is in good standing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Napster, LLC
    Inventors: William E. Pence, Dik Langan, Cynthia Healy, Geoff Schreiber, Donna Penick
  • Publication number: 20060294020
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically and transparently renewing licenses associated with downloaded content. Licensing associated with content can allow the provider to retain control over the content after it has been downloaded on to the user's computer. A license file or similar licensing parameter is the key to retaining control over access to the content after it has been downloaded. The license file may also control copying of the content on to computers other than the original computer used. The dynamic renewal method will transparently renew the license files on a user's computer to allow the associated content to be used without disruption as long as the user's account is in good standing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: Duet General Partnership
    Inventors: Willian Pence, Dik Langan, Cynthia Healy, Geoff Schreiber, Donna Penick
  • Publication number: 20060263343
    Abstract: An antigen-specific T-cell response to alloantigen, tissue-specific antigen (e.g., islet antigen or other autoantigens involved in autoimmune disease), or self (or host) antigen is detected at an early stage of graft rejection or recurrent autoimmunity. An increase in cytotoxic lymphocyte gene (CLG) expression in peripheral blood is a risk factor for development of deleterious immune responses, which may be confirmed by functional assays. For example, the distinction between production of regulatory or inflammatory cytokines by T cells may dissect the type of immune response which is being induced: the survival of transplanted islet cells used to treat type 1 diabetes may be monitored, loss of the transplant by graft rejection (i.e., an alloantigen target) may be distinguished from autoimmune disease (i.e., a self or host antigen target).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Norma Kenyon, Cynthia Healy, Steven Koester, Xiumin Xu
  • Patent number: 7096203
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically and transparently renewing licenses associated with downloaded content. Licensing associated with content can allow the provider to retain control over the content after it has been downloaded on to the user's computer. A license file or similar licensing parameter is the key to retaining control over access to the content after it has been downloaded. The license file may also control copying of the content on to computers other than the original computer used. The dynamic renewal method will transparently renew the license files on a user's computer to allow the associated content to be used without disruption as long as the user's account is in good standing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Duet General Partnership
    Inventors: William E Pence, Dik Langan, Cynthia Healy, Geoff Schreiber, Donna Penick
  • Publication number: 20050026305
    Abstract: A composition containing polydisperse aminodextran polymer molecules is soluble in an aqueous solution at a concentration of 10 mg/ml. The molecules therein have a narrow size distribution characterized by an average molecule mean hydrodynamic diameter of greater than 115 nm, a polydispersity index of between 0.10 and 0.47, an average molecular weight (MW) greater than 3 million daltons, and an amine content of greater than 50 amines per molecule. Similar soluble compositions contain the polymer molecules with an average MW of greater than 7 million daltons. These compositions are useful in forming reagents by conjugation with proteins for labeling cells. Methods of making these compositions and reagents from conventional mixtures of aminodextran polymers involve fractionation on column chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Ledis, Olavi Siiman, Cynthia Healy
  • Publication number: 20030115069
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically and transparently renewing licenses associated with downloaded content. Licensing associated with content can allow the provider to retain control over the content after it has been downloaded on to the user's computer. A license file or similar licensing parameter is the key to retaining control over access to the content after it has been downloaded. The license file may also control copying of the content on to computers other than the original computer used. The dynamic renewal method will transparently renew the license files on a user's computer to allow the associated content to be used without disruption as long as the user's account is in good standing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: DUET GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: William E. Pence, Dik Langan, Cynthia Healy, Geoff Schreiber, Donna Penick