Patents by Inventor Woodrow W. Johnson
Woodrow W. Johnson 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: 8638934Abstract: Rather than downloading each content document on demand from the publisher location to the user site, at the publisher location, each content document is encrypted and then multiple encrypted documents are assembled into a distribution archive that is itself encrypted with a scheduled key. The distribution archive is then downloaded into a content server at the user site. When the content server receives the distribution archive, it decrypts the archive file and unpacks the encrypted documents. The scheduled key used to decrypt an archive file is included with an archive file that was sent previously to the user site in accordance with the subscription service. The scheduled key to decrypt the first archive file sent to the user is sent from the publisher to the user over a communication channel different from the communication channel used to send the archive file from the publisher to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Imophaze Research Co., L.L.C.Inventors: John Deaver, Woodrow W. Johnson, Skott C. Klebe
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Patent number: 8130963Abstract: Rather than downloading each content document on demand from the publisher location to the user site, at the publisher location, each content document is encrypted and then multiple encrypted documents are assembled into a distribution archive that is itself encrypted with a scheduled key. The distribution archive is then downloaded into a content server at the user site. When the content server receives the distribution archive, it decrypts the archive file and unpacks the encrypted documents. The scheduled key used to decrypt an archive file is included with an archive file that was sent previously to the user site in accordance with the subscription service. The scheduled key to decrypt the first archive file sent to the user is sent from the publisher to the user over a communication channel different from the communication channel used to send the archive file from the publisher to the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Imophaze Research Co., L.L.C.Inventors: John Deaver, Skott C. Klebe, Woodrow W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20110246776Abstract: Rather than downloading each content document on demand from the publisher location to the user site, at the publisher location, each content document is encrypted and then multiple encrypted documents are assembled into a distribution archive that is itself encrypted with a scheduled key. The distribution archive is then downloaded into a content server at the user site. When the content server receives the distribution archive, it decrypts the archive file and unpacks the encrypted documents. The scheduled key used to decrypt an archive file is included with an archive file that was sent previously to the user site in accordance with the subscription service. The scheduled key to decrypt the first archive file sent to the user is sent from the publisher to the user over a communication channel different from the communication channel used to send the archive file from the publisher to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: IMOPHAZE RESEARCH CO., L.L.C.Inventors: John Deaver, Woodrow W. Johnson, Skott C. Klebe
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Patent number: 7493499Abstract: A secure distribution system utilizes a content viewer that consists of an applet that is downloaded to a user's conventional browser when the user logs into a publisher's server. The content viewer requests a selected document from the server by referring to the document name or URL. The server retrieves the document and forwards it to the viewer in encrypted form. The viewer then computes a document identifier from the encrypted document and uses the identifier to request a key in order to decrypt the document. The key is forwarded from the server to the viewer that then decrypts the document and displays it in the viewer. Since the document is processed by the viewer and displayed only in a window associated with the viewer, none of the conventional browser functions has to be disabled. Further, since the document is downloaded in encrypted form, it cannot be stored or forwarded using the conventional browser.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: John Deaver, Skott C. Klebe, Woodrow W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20080181414Abstract: Rather than downloading each content document on demand from the publisher location to the user site, at the publisher location, each content document is encrypted and then multiple encrypted documents are assembled into a distribution archive that is itself encrypted with a scheduled key. The distribution archive is then downloaded into a content server at the user site. When the content server receives the distribution archive, it decrypts the archive file and unpacks the encrypted documents. The scheduled key used to decrypt an archive file is included with an archive file that was sent previously to the user site in accordance with the subscription service. The scheduled key to decrypt the first archive file sent to the user is sent from the publisher to the user over a communication channel different from the communication channel used to send the archive file from the publisher to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER, INC.Inventors: John Deaver, Woodrow W. Johnson, Skott C. Klebe
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Patent number: 7360098Abstract: A process for managing and authorizing rights in a computer system accounts for the dynamic, multi-dimensional, and granular nature of rights. A database structure divides works and rights into two related tables. A works table includes information sufficient to identify works managed by the system, while a rights table identifies a right associated with a work and includes one or more date fields delimiting the right. The rights table may also include type of use information. Additional tables, such as a work relation table, a party table, or an order table, may be provided. The process involves managing and querying the database structure and has broad applicability to intellectual, real, and personal property; contract management; and similar items. The process may be performed in a computer system operating in standalone mode, client/server mode, or over the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: Woodrow W. Johnson, Christine J. Atkins, Jon A. Yoh, Thomas M. Parece
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Patent number: 7324648Abstract: Rather than downloading each content document on demand from the publisher location to the user site, at the publisher location, each content document is encrypted and then multiple encrypted documents are assembled into a distribution archive that is itself encrypted with a scheduled key. The distribution archive is then downloaded into a content server at the user site. When the content server receives the distribution archive, it decrypts the archive file and unpacks the encrypted documents. The scheduled key used to decrypt an archive file is included with an archive file that was sent previously to the user site in accordance with the subscription service. The scheduled key to decrypt the first archive file sent to the user is sent from the publisher to the user over a communication channel different from the communication channel used to send the archive file from the publisher to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: John Deaver, Skott C. Klebe, Woodrow W. Johnson
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Patent number: 6859880Abstract: A process for managing and authorizing rights in a computer system accounts for the dynamic, multi-dimensional, and granular nature of rights. A database structure divides works and rights into two related tables. A works table includes information sufficient to identify works managed by the system, while a rights table identifies a right associated with a work and includes one or more date fields delimiting the right. The rights table may also include type of use information. Additional tables, such as a work relation table, a party table, or an order table, may be provided. The process involves managing and querying the database structure and has broad applicability to intellectual, real, and personal property; contract management; and similar items. The process may be performed in a computer system operating in standalone mode, client/server mode, or over the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: Woodrow W. Johnson, Christine J. Atkins, Jon A. Yoh, Thomas M. Parece
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Patent number: 6795922Abstract: An electronic rights management and authorization system to account for the dynamic, multi-dimensional, and granular nature of rights. A database structure divides works and rights into two related tables. A works table includes information sufficient to identify works managed by the system, while a rights table identifies a right associated with a work and includes one or more date fields delimiting the right. The rights table may also include type of use information. Additional tables, such as a work relation table, a party table, or an order table, may be provided. Software is used to manage and to query the database structure. The system has broad applicability to intellectual, real, and personal property; contract management; and similar items. The system may be implemented in standalone mode, through the client/server model of computing, or over the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: Woodrow W. Johnson, Christine J. Atkins, Jon A. Yoh, Thomas M. Parece
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Publication number: 20040010708Abstract: A process for managing and authorizing rights in a computer system accounts for the dynamic, multi-dimensional, and granular nature of rights. A database structure divides works and rights into two related tables. A works table includes information sufficient to identify works managed by the system, while a rights table identifies a right associated with a work and includes one or more date fields delimiting the right. The rights table may also include type of use information. Additional tables, such as a work relation table, a party table, or an order table, may be provided. The process involves managing and querying the database structure and has broad applicability to intellectual, real, and personal property; contract management; and similar items. The process may be performed in a computer system operating in standalone mode, client/server mode, or over the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: Woodrow W. Johnson, Christine J. Atkins, Jon A. Yoh, Thomas M. Parece
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Publication number: 20040010707Abstract: An electronic rights management and authorization system to account for the dynamic, multi-dimensional, and granular nature of rights. A database structure divides works and rights into two related tables. A works table includes information sufficient to identify works managed by the system, while a rights table identifies a right associated with a work and includes one or more date fields delimiting the right. The rights table may also include type of use information. Additional tables, such as a work relation table, a party table, or an order table, may be provided. Software is used to manage and to query the database structure. The system has broad applicability to intellectual, real, and personal property; contract management; and similar items. The system may be implemented in standalone mode, through the client/server model of computing, or over the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: Woodrow W. Johnson, Christine J. Atkins, Jon A. Yoh, Thomas M. Parece
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Patent number: 6618808Abstract: An electronic rights management and authorization system to account for the dynamic, multi-dimensional, and granular nature of rights. A database structure divides works and rights into two related tables. A works table includes information sufficient to identify works managed by the system, while a rights table identifies a right associated with a work and includes one or more date fields delimiting the right. The rights table may also include type of use information. Additional tables, such as a work relation table, a party table, or an order table, may be provided. Software is used to manage and to query the database structure. The system has broad applicability to intellectual, real, and personal property; contract management; and similar items. The system may be implemented in standalone mode, through the client/server model of computing, or over the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1999Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: Woodrow W. Johnson, Christine J. Atkins, Jon A. Yoh, Thomas M. Parece
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Patent number: 5991876Abstract: An electronic rights management and authorization system to account for the dynamic, multi-dimensional, and granular nature of rights. A database structure divides works and rights into two related tables. A works table includes information sufficient to identify works managed by the system, while a rights table identifies a right associated with a work and includes one or more date fields delimiting the right. The rights table may also include type of use information. Additional tables, such as a work relation table, a party table, or an order table, may be provided. Software is used to manage and to query the database structure. The system has broad applicability to intellectual, real, and personal property; contract management; and similar items. The system may be implemented in standalone mode, through the client/server model of computing, or over the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1996Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Inventors: Woodrow W. Johnson, Christine J. Atkins, Jon Yoh