Patents by Inventor David Staples

David Staples 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).

  • Biometric rights management system
    Patent number: 7003670
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for using biometric information to control access to digital media that is obtained over a network such as the Internet. Encryption, techniques are used in combination with biometric verification technology to control and monitor access to online or locally held media. Biometrics such as keystroke dynamics are measured at a user's computer to confirm the identity of a user for the purpose of allowing the user to audit music files to which the user has authorized access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Musicrypt, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heaven, Shane Steinman, David Staples, Cliff Hunt
  • Biometric rights management system
    Publication number: 20020188854
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for using biometric information to control access to digital media that is obtained over a network such as the Internet. Encryption, techniques are used in combination with biometric verification technology to control and monitor access to online or locally held media. Biometrics such as keystroke dynamics are measured at a user's computer to confirm the identity of a user for the purpose of allowing the user to audit music files to which the user has authorized access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: John Heaven, Shane Steinman, David Staples, Cliff Hunt
  • Underground rake storage apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6405891
    Abstract: A rake storage device for storing a rake adjacent a sand trap of a golf course, and for selectively elevating the rake for use, includes an elongated container disposed underground in a substantially vertical orientation. The rake is removably received within the container. The device includes lifting means for elevating the rake out of the container and above the surface. The lifting means can include a rake receiver and a counter-weight operatively coupled together and movably disposed in the elongated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Inventors: Warren J. Christensen, Jeffrey Christensen, Kip M. Colton, Stephen Matthew Haws, Michelle Elaine Lau, Janet Heidemarie Lehnardt, Kevin David Staples, Alaa Abu-Obeid, Len Pugh
  • Assembling flexible disk record structures
    Patent number: 4071869
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for assembling a flexible record disk member to a non-flexible center support ring and substantially simultaneously recording servo signals on the flexible disks concentrically with respect to the support ring whereby the recorded servo signals are precisely coaxial to the non-flexible ring support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Bock Feierabend, David Staples Proper