Patents by Inventor Nicholas H. Briggs
Nicholas H. Briggs 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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Patent number: 9589111Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Publication number: 20140208120Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Patent number: 8667289Abstract: Method, apparatus, and media for embedding a watermark in digital content. An exemplary method comprises receiving digital content in an encrypted form, receiving a decryption key associated with the digital content, receiving permitted use information specifying conditions under which the digital content is permitted to be rendered and indicating that a watermark is to be embedded in a rendered copy of the digital content, determining whether the conditions are satisfied, and rendering the digital content if the conditions are satisfied based on the determining, the rendering including generating a watermark based on the permitted use information and creating a rendered copy of the digital content having the watermark embedded therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Publication number: 20120317419Abstract: Method, apparatus, and media for embedding a watermark in digital content. An exemplary method comprises receiving digital content in an encrypted form, receiving a decryption key associated with the digital content, receiving permitted use information specifying conditions under which the digital content is permitted to be rendered and indicating that a watermark is to be embedded in a rendered copy of the digital content, determining whether the conditions are satisfied, and rendering the digital content if the conditions are satisfied based on the determining, the rendering including generating a watermark based on the permitted use information and creating a rendered copy of the digital content having the watermark embedded therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Patent number: 8205089Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Patent number: 7765403Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Publication number: 20100037061Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Patent number: 7031471Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2001Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Publication number: 20010008557Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2001Publication date: July 19, 2001Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
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Patent number: 6233684Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1997Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: Contenaguard Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs