Patents by Inventor Jonathan T. Millman

Jonathan T. Millman 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).

  • Time-based digital content authorization
    Patent number: 7979914
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for time-based access to digital content are provided. Access to a set of digital content is provided for a predetermined period of time. During the predetermined period of time, a user can access (e.g., download, play) any digital content in the set of digital content. At the end of the predetermined period of time, the user is denied access to the digital content regardless of where the content is stored (e.g., in a digital content library, on a computer system controlled by the user, on a playback device controlled by the user). Simplified access and control of digital content is thereby provided in the form of time-based access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Millman, Ajit V. Rajasekharan, Foy C. Sperring, Jr., Guy A. Story, Jr.
  • TIME-BASED DIGITAL CONTENT AUTHORIZATION
    Publication number: 20110167502
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for time-based access to digital content are provided. Access to a set of digital content is provided for a predetermined period of time. During the predetermined period of time, a user can access (e.g., download, play) any digital content in the set of digital content. At the end of the predetermined period of time, the user is denied access to the digital content regardless of where the content is stored (e.g., in a digital content library, on a computer system controlled by the user, on a playback device controlled by the user). Simplified access and control of digital content is thereby provided in the form of time-based access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Millman, Ajit V. Rajasekharan, Foy C. Sperring, JR., Guy A. Story, JR.
  • Time-Based Digital Content Authorization
    Publication number: 20090210915
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for time-based access to digital content are provided. Access to a set of digital content is provided for a predetermined period of time. During the predetermined period of time, a user can access (e.g., download, play) any digital content in the set of digital content. At the end of the predetermined period of time, the user is denied access to the digital content regardless of where the content is stored (e.g., in a digital content library, on a computer system controlled by the user, on a playback device controlled by the user). Simplified access and control of digital content is thereby provided in the form of time-based access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Millman, Ajit V. Rajasekharan, Foy C. Sperring, JR., Guy A. Story, JR.