Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Richard McKune

Jeffrey Richard McKune 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).

  • Policy engine and methods and systems for protecting data
    Patent number: 7584502
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate to data security. One exemplary system includes a first component associated with data on which an action can be performed and a second component configured to perform the action on the data. The system also includes a third component configured to ascertain the action and determine, as a function of the action, at least one policy to be implemented prior to allowing the second component to access the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Alkove, Kirt A. Debique, Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, William C. Powell, Jeffrey Richard McKune
  • Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device
    Patent number: 7305366
    Abstract: Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage the content revocation is recognized, validated, and stored in a secure state store under the public key of the content server (PU-CS) that issued the content. Each license has a (PU-CS) therein, and each license evaluation considers each content revocation stored in the state store and having the same (PU-CS). The license is disabled or otherwise affected based on the considered content revocation. A content revocation is one form of a license modification that may be delivered within a license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie David Chase, Jr., Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Philip J. Lafornara, Jeffrey Richard McKune, Clifford Paul Strom, Vijay K. Gajjala
  • Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device
    Patent number: 7110985
    Abstract: Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage the content revocation is recognized, validated, and stored in a secure state store under the public key of the content server (PU-CS) that issued the content. Each license has a (PU-CS) therein, and each license evaluation considers each content revocation stored in the state store and having the same (PU-CS). The license is disabled or otherwise affected based on the considered content revocation. A content revocation is one form of a license modification that may be delivered within a license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie David Chase, Jr., Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Philip J. Lafornara, Jeffrey Richard McKune, Clifford Paul Strom, Vijay K. Gajjala
  • Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device
    Patent number: 7080043
    Abstract: Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage the content revocation is recognized, validated, and stored in a secure state store under the public key of the content server (PU-CS) that issued the content. Each license has a (PU-CS) therein, and each license evaluation considers each content revocation stored in the state store and having the same (PU-CS). The license is disabled or otherwise affected based on the considered content revocation. A content revocation is one form of a license modification that may be delivered within a license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie David Chase, Jr., Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Philip J. Lafornara, Jeffrey Richard McKune, Clifford Paul Strom, Vijay K. Gajjala
  • Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device
    Publication number: 20030187801
    Abstract: Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage the content revocation is recognized, validated, and stored in a secure state store under the public key of the content server (PU-CS) that issued the content. Each license has a (PU-CS) therein, and each license evaluation considers each content revocation stored in the state store and having the same (PU-CS). The license is disabled or otherwise affected based on the considered content revocation. A content revocation is one form of a license modification that may be delivered within a license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie David Chase, Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Philip J. Lafornara, Jeffrey Richard McKune, Clifford Paul Strom, Vijay K. Gajjala