Patents by Inventor Guillermo Lao
Guillermo Lao 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).
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Publication number: 20130054416Abstract: The publishing system and method automates at least some portion of a publishing process. The system publishes content using metadata, rights templates and/or specifications, publishing profiles and business rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Guillermo LAO, Ralph H. Brenner, JR., Daniel C. Chen, Aram Nahidipour, Edgardo Valenzuela, Mark Berchowitz, Ivy Y. Chen, Xin Wang
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Publication number: 20120317654Abstract: A system and method for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith. The system includes an activation device adapted to issue a software package having a public and private key pair, the public key being associated with a user, a license device adapted to issue a license, a usage device adapted to receive the software package, receive the license and allow the user to access the item in accordance with the license, and a subscription managing device adapted to maintain a subscription list including the public key associated with the user. License's is issued by the license device upon verifying presence of the public key in the subscription list corresponding to requested content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Guillermo Lao
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Publication number: 20120284803Abstract: An enforceable property right and a system for controlling the manner of use of an item in accordance with usage rights. The enforceable property right includes an item ticket having a security mechanism incorporated therein and specifying an item for which the item ticket can be redeemed and a license associated with the item ticket. The license includes usage rights specifying a manner of use for redeeming the item ticket and a mechanism for unlocking said security mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Xin Wang, Bijan Tadayon, Thomas DeMartini, Michael Raley, Guillermo Lao, Eddie Chen, Charles P. Gilliam
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Patent number: 8275709Abstract: A system for managing use of digital content within a trusted community. An access list defines the trusted community. License requests for use of content made from outside the trusted community are handled in accordance with a license request policy process.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Xin Wang, Tushar N. Padhye, M. S. Roopa, C. V. Joshi, Basavaraj B. H., Arun Ray, Deepanjan Kanungo, Aram Nahidipour, Thanh Ta, Michael Raley, Guillermo Lao, Eddie Chen, Bijan Tadayon, Anant Kansal
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Patent number: 8275716Abstract: A system and method for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith. The system includes an activation device adapted to issue a software package having a public and private key pair, the public key being associated with a user, a license device adapted to issue a license, a usage device adapted to receive the software package, receive the license and allow the user to access the item in accordance with the license, and a subscription managing device adapted to maintain a subscription list including the public key associated with the user. License's is issued by the license device upon verifying presence of the public key in the subscription list corresponding to requested content.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Guillermo Lao
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Patent number: 8271350Abstract: The publishing system and method automates at least some portion of a publishing process. The system publishes content using metadata, rights templates and/or specifications, publishing profiles and business rules.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Guillermo Lao, Ralph H. Brenner, Jr., Daniel C. Chen, Aram Nahidipour, Edgardo Valenzuela, Mark Berchowitz, Ivy Y. Chen, Xin Wang
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Patent number: 8244579Abstract: An enforceable property right and a system for controlling the manner of use of an item in accordance with usage rights. The enforceable property right includes an item ticket having a security mechanism incorporated therein and specifying an item for which the item ticket can be redeemed and a license associated with the item ticket. The license includes usage rights specifying a manner of use for redeeming the item ticket and a mechanism for unlocking said security mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Xin Wang, Bijan Tadayon, Thomas DeMartini, Michael Raley, Guillermo Lao, Eddie J. Chen, Charles P. Gilliam
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Publication number: 20120167230Abstract: A method and system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith including a point of capture system adapted to generate content of a future event when the event occurs, a content distributor adapted to generate a rights label having usage rights associated with content of the future event before the content is created, the rights label having a distribution key for encrypting the content as the content is generated, the distribution key being encrypted with a public key. The system also includes a license server adapted to generate a license associate with the content from the rights label before the content is generated, the license including the distribution key encrypted with the public key, and a content distributor adapted to distribute the license before the content is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Tushar N. Padhye, M.S. Roopa, C.V. Joshi, Basavaraj B.H., Arun Ray, Deepanjan Kanungo, Aram Nahidipour, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Michael Raley, Guillermo Lao, Eddie Chen, Bijan Tadayon, Anant Kansal
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Publication number: 20120167228Abstract: A system and method for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith. The system includes an activation device adapted to issue a software package having a public and private key pair, the public key being associated with a user, a license device adapted to issue a license, a usage device adapted to receive the software package, receive the license and allow the user to access the item in accordance with the license, and a subscription managing device adapted to maintain a subscription list including the public key associated with the user. License's is issued by the license device upon verifying presence of the public key in the subscription list corresponding to requested content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Guillermo Lao
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Publication number: 20120167229Abstract: A system and method for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith. The system includes an activation device adapted to issue a software package having a public and private key pair, the public key being associated with a user, a license device adapted to issue a license, a usage device adapted to receive the software package, receive the license and allow the user to access the item in accordance with the license, and a subscription managing device adapted to maintain a subscription list including the public key associated with the user. License's is issued by the license device upon verifying presence of the public key in the subscription list corresponding to requested content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Guillermo Lao
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Publication number: 20120123952Abstract: A method, system and device for transferring rights adapted to be associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, including obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including meta-rights specifying derivable rights that can be derived from the meta-; determining whether the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights; and deriving at least one right from the derivable rights, if the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights, wherein the derived right includes at least one state variable based on the set of rights and used for determining a state of the derived right.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Mai Nguyen, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Guillermo Lao, Eddie J. Chen
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Publication number: 20120090018Abstract: A method and system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith including a point of capture system adapted to generate content of a future event when the event occurs, a content distributor adapted to generate a rights label having usage rights associated with content of the future event before the content is created, the rights label having a distribution key for encrypting the content as the content is generated, the distribution key being encrypted with a public key. The system also includes a license server adapted to generate a license associate with the content from the rights label before the content is generated, the license including the distribution key encrypted with the public key, and a content distributor adapted to distribute the license before the content is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Tushar N. Padhye, M.S. Roopa, C.V. Joshi, Basavaraj B. H., Arun Ray, Deepanjan Kanungo, Aram Nahidipour, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Michael Raley, Guillermo Lao, Eddie Chen, Bijan Tadayon, Anant Kansal
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Patent number: 8108313Abstract: A system and method for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, including specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item, the rights expression information including at least one element, the element having a variable and corresponding value for the variable; and performing an encoding process, including determining an identifier associated with a template corresponding to the rights expression information, extracting from the rights expression information the value for the variable corresponding to the element, and encoding a license adapted to be enforced on a device based on the variable and the identifier, the license including an identification of the template and the value for the variable.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Michael Raley, Charles P. Gilliam, Manuel Ham, Guillermo Lao, Bijan Tadayon
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Patent number: 8099364Abstract: A method and system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith including a point of capture system adapted to generate content of a future event when the event occurs, a content distributor adapted to generate a rights label having usage rights associated with content of the future event before the content is created, the rights label having a distribution key for encrypting the content as the content is generated, the distribution key being encrypted with a public key. The system also includes a license server adapted to generate a license associate with the content from the rights label before the content is generated, the license including the distribution key encrypted with the public key, and a content distributor adapted to distribute the license before the content is generated.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Tushar N. Padhye, M. S. Roopa, C. V. Joshi, B. H. Basavaraj, Arun Ray, Deepanjan Kanungo, Aram Nahidipour, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Michael Raley, Guillermo Lao, Eddie Chen, Bijan Tadayon, Anant Kansal
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Patent number: 8078542Abstract: A method, system and device for transferring rights adapted to be associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, including obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including meta-rights specifying derivable rights that can be derived from the meta-; determining whether the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights; and deriving at least one right from the derivable rights, if the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights, wherein the derived right includes at least one state variable based on the set of rights and used for determining a state of the derived right.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mai Nguyen, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Guillermo Lao, Eddie J. Chen
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Patent number: 7853531Abstract: Digital rights management method and system for items having usage rights. A first activation device defines a first trust zone. A first license device associated with the first trust zone generates an open license having usage rights associated with a first item. A second activation device defines a second trust zone and is adapted to issue a software package that enforces usage rights. A user device associated with the second trust zone is adapted to receive the software package from the second activation device, to receive the open license associated with the first item, and to use the first item in accordance with the open license. In addition, a method is provided for enforcing a license granting usage rights associated with a protected item, and for classifying a license, the license being an open license or a closed license.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2002Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Guillermo Lao, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Joseph Zhung Yee Fung
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Publication number: 20100275270Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the transfer of rights associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer. A set of rights is associated with an item and includes meta-rights specifying derivable rights that can be derived therefrom by the rights consumer. The set of rights is transferred, in the form of a license to the item, from the rights supplier to the rights consumer. If it is determined that the rights consumer is entitled to derive the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights, the derivable rights are derived and a license including the derived rights is generated with the rights consumer designated as a principal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Xin WANG, Thanh Ta, Guillermo Lao, Eddie J. Chen
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Publication number: 20100263057Abstract: A method, system and device for transferring rights adapted to be associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, including obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including meta-rights specifying derivable rights that can be derived from the meta-; determining whether the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights; and deriving at least one right from the derivable rights, if the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights, wherein the derived right includes at least one state variable based on the set of rights and used for determining a state of the derived right.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mai Nguyen, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Guillermo Lao, Eddie J. Chen
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Publication number: 20100241871Abstract: Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation, such as a video recorder or a still camera, device can store labels of the rights and can associate usage rights with content in real time as the content is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Michael Charles RALEY, Edgardo VALENZUELA, Bijan TADAYON, Aram NAHIDIPOUR, Xin WANG, Guillermo LAO, Thanh TA
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Patent number: 7774280Abstract: A method, system and device for transferring rights adapted to be associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, including obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including meta-rights specifying derivable rights that can be derived from the meta-; determining whether the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights; and deriving at least one right from the derivable rights, if the rights consumer is entitled to the derivable rights specified by the meta-rights, wherein the derived right includes at least one state variable based on the set of rights and used for determining a state of the derived right.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mai Nguyen, Xin Wang, Thanh Ta, Guillermo Lao, Eddie J. Chen