Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Munson

Joseph P. Munson 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: 20030135464
    Abstract: A method of securely receiving data on a user's system from a web broadcast infrastructure with a plurality of channels. The method comprising the steps of: receiving promotional metadata from a first web broadcast channel, the promotional metadata related to data available for reception; assembling at least part of the promotional metadata into a promotional offering for review by a user; selecting by a user, data to be received related to the promotional metadata; receiving data from a second web broadcast channel, the data selected from the promotional metadata, and wherein the data has been previously encrypted using a first encrypting key; and receiving the first decrypting key via a computer readable medium, the first decrypting key for decrypting at least some of the data received via the second web broadcast channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Magda Mourad, Joseph P. Munson, Giovanni Pacifici, Ahmed Tantawy, Alaa S. Youssef