Patents by Inventor Gerald E. Weiler, II

Gerald E. Weiler, II 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: 20110028209
    Abstract: Embodiments related to controlling access to content are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a computing system comprising an application program further includes a device identification code identifying the computing system. The computing system further includes a content manager configured to control access by the application program to a content package, and the content manager is further configured to update a device audit list of the content package upon allowing the application program to modify the content package. The content manager is further configured to digitally sign the content package with a private key of the computing system after the application program modifies the content package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Duoc Nguyen, Gerald E. Weiler, II, Ling Tony Chen