Patents by Inventor Travis M. Grisby

Travis M. Grisby 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).

  • Patent number: 8850556
    Abstract: Provided is a Captcha Access Control System (CACS) for generating an improved captcha that are based, in one described embodiment, upon a command in one format and a response in a different format, one or both of which are rendered in a format that is difficult for an automated system to interpret. A computer system or program to which a user is requesting access generates a textual or audible command. A video device captures the user's response and transmits the response to a response evaluation device. Based upon an analysis of the transmitted video and a comparison between the analyzed video and the command, the computer or program either enables access or denies access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Freund, Travis M. Grisby, Albert A. Lamb, Lee M. Surprenant
  • Patent number: 8266716
    Abstract: A captured content rights controller detects a first portion of streaming captured content and a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected. The captured content rights controller determines whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the content by the owner of the at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content. The captured content rights controller applies the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Bellwood, Gabriel A. Cohen, Travis M. Grisby, Michael A. Paolini
  • Publication number: 20110289601
    Abstract: A captured content rights controller detects a first portion of streaming captured content and a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected. The captured content rights controller determines whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the content by the owner of the at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content. The captured content rights controller applies the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas A. BELLWOOD, Gabriel A. COHEN, Travis M. GRISBY, Michael A. PAOLINI
  • Publication number: 20090138299
    Abstract: A method of operating a communications service, including detecting that a user dials a phone number to initiate a current phone call, querying a dynamic advertising service which analyzes available data regarding the dialed phone number, receiving an advertisement from the dynamic advertising service that is selected based on the dialed phone number, the available data regarding the phone number and, optionally, other information, and playing the advertisement to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Travis M. Grisby, Robert R. Peterson, Lisa A. Seacat