Patents by Inventor Gerfried Ranner

Gerfried Ranner 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).

  • Patent number: 9734342
    Abstract: Method and device for supplying of a data set stored in a database to supply of a data set, e.g. the content of a copy protected audio CD, which is stored in a database, e.g. to a user PC on which said content of a copy protected audio CD cannot be accessed, the following steps are performed: receiving a serial code of a set of serial codes assigned to said data set, verifying of said received serial code, in case of a positive verification, accessing said data set correspond to said received and positively verified serial code from said database and outputting of at least parts of said accessed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG
    Inventors: Gerfried Ranner, Reinhard Blaukovitsch
  • Publication number: 20140325675
    Abstract: Method and device for supplying of a data set stored in a database to supply of a data set, e.g. the content of a copy protected audio CD, which is stored in a database, e.g. to a user PC on which said content of a copy protected audio CD cannot be accessed, the following steps are performed: receiving a serial code of a set of serial codes assigned to said data set, verifying of said received serial code, in case of a positive verification, accessing said data set correspond to said received and positively verified serial code from said database and outputting of at least parts of said accessed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG
    Inventors: Gerfried RANNER, Reinhard BLAUKOVITSCH
  • Patent number: 8781120
    Abstract: Method and device for supplying of a data set stored in a database to supply of a data set, e.g. the content of a copy protected audio CD, which is stored in a database, e.g. to a user PC on which said content of a copy protected audio CD cannot be accessed, the following steps are performed: receiving a serial code of a set of serial codes assigned to said data set, verifying of said received serial code, in case of a positive verification, accessing said data set correspond to said received and positively verified serial code from said database and outputting of at least parts of said accessed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony DADC Austria AG
    Inventors: Gerfried Ranner, Reinhard Blaukovitsch
  • Publication number: 20100239089
    Abstract: Method and device for supplying of a data set stored in a database to supply of a data set, e.g. the content of a copy protected audio CD, which is stored in a database, e.g. to a user PC on which said content of a copy protected audio CD cannot be accessed, the following steps are performed: receiving a serial code of a set of serial codes assigned to said data set, verifying of said received serial code, in case of a positive verification, accessing said data set correspond to said received and positively verified serial code from said database and outputting of at least parts of said accessed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG
    Inventors: Gerfried Ranner, Reinhard Blaukovitsch
  • Patent number: 7751562
    Abstract: To supply of a data set, e.g. the content of a copy protected audio CD, which is stored in a database (6), e.g. to a user PC (2) on which said content of a copy protected audio CD cannot be accessed, the following steps are performed: receiving a serial code of a set of serial codes assigned to said data set (S3); verifying of said received serial code (S4); in case of a positive verification, accessing said data set corresponding to said received and positively verified serial code from said database (S5, S6); and outputting of at least parts of said accessed data (S7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony DADC Austria AG
    Inventors: Gerfried Ranner, Reinhard Blaukovitsch
  • Patent number: 7464401
    Abstract: A system for securing an access to a predetermined area of a target server uses a copy protected record carrier comprising an information file, which comprises a project identifier and/or an address of an authentification server with which an application using said information file can communicate so that the authentification server can initiate and confirm a connection between a computer on which said application is started and said predetermined area of said target server that is identified by the authentification server and/or the project identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sony DADC Austria AG
    Inventors: Gerfried Ranner, Reinhard Blaukovitsch, Michael Kurz
  • Publication number: 20060053482
    Abstract: A system for securing an access to a predetermined area of a target server uses a copy protected record carrier comprising an information file, which comprises a project identifier and/or an address of an authentification server with which an application using said information file can communicate so that the authentification server can initiate and confirm a connection between a computer on which said application is started and said predetermined area of said target server that is identified by the authentification server and/or the project identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: SONY DADC Austria AG
    Inventors: Gerfried Ranner, Reinhard Blaukovitsch, Michael Kurz
  • Publication number: 20050086503
    Abstract: To supply of a data set, e.g. the content of a copy protected audio CD, which is stored in a database (6), e.g. to a user PC (2) on which said content of a copy protected audio CD cannot be accessed, the following steps are performed: receiving a serial code of a set of serial codes assigned to said data set (S3); verifying of said received serial code (S4); in case of a positive verification, accessing said data set corresponding to said received and positively verified serial code from said database (S5, S6); and outputting of at least parts of said accessed data (S7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Gerfried Ranner, Reinhard Blaukovitsch