Patents by Inventor Vance Walker

Vance Walker 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).

  • Data update authorization
    Patent number: 7703145
    Abstract: A method is described for controlling customer installations of software or data by providing to the customer an encrypted list of authorized installation targets, whereby the installation program reads and decrypts the list, and only allows installation to proceed if the customer's installation target has a serial number that matches one of the vendor-provided serial numbers in the authorization list. Provision is also made for allowing customers to add serial numbers to the list, within constraints predetermined by the software vendor. Also provided is a method for a customer to perform a predetermined number of installations, whereby the software maintains and decrements a counter in an encrypted file on a storage medium, keeping track of how many remaining installations a customer may perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems LLC
    Inventors: Desi Stelling, Timothy Schulze, Vance Walker
  • DATA UPDATE AUTHORIZATION
    Publication number: 20070198513
    Abstract: A method is described for controlling customer installations of software or data by providing to the customer an encrypted list of authorized installation targets, whereby the installation program reads and decrypts the list, and only allows installation to proceed if the customer's installation target has a serial number that matches one of the vendor-provided serial numbers in the authorization list. Provision is also made for allowing customers to add serial numbers to the list, within constraints predetermined by the software vendor. Also provided is a method for a customer to perform a predetermined number of installations, whereby the software maintains and decrements a counter in an encrypted file on a storage medium, keeping track of how many remaining installations a customer may perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Desi Stelling, Timothy Schulze, Vance Walker
  • Method for controlling customer-implemented data updates
    Patent number: 7213268
    Abstract: A method is described for controlling customer installations of software or data by providing to the customer an encrypted list of authorized installation targets, whereby the installation program reads and decrypts the list, and only allows installation to proceed if the customer's installation target has a serial number that matches one of the vendor-provided serial numbers in the authorization list. Provision is also made for allowing customers to add serial numbers to the list, within constraints predetermined by the software vendor. Also provided is a method for a customer to perform a predetermined number of installations, whereby the software maintains and decrements a counter in an encrypted file on a storage medium, keeping track of how many remaining installations a customer may perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Desi Stelling, Timothy Schulze, Vance Walker
  • Method for controlling customer-implemented data updates
    Publication number: 20050039006
    Abstract: A method is described for controlling customer installations of software or data by providing to the customer an encrypted list of authorized installation targets, whereby the installation program reads and decrypts the list, and only allows installation to proceed if the customer's installation target has a serial number that matches one of the vendor-provided serial numbers in the authorization list. Provision is also made for allowing customers to add serial numbers to the list, within constraints predetermined by the software vendor. Also provided is a method for a customer to perform a predetermined number of installations, whereby the software maintains and decrements a counter in an encrypted file on a storage medium, keeping track of how many remaining installations a customer may perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Desi Stelling, Timothy Schulze, Vance Walker