Patents Assigned to Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.
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Patent number: 11698949Abstract: A game identifier of an encrypted streaming electronic game to be streamed to a playback device may be received. The game identifier may comprise a title of the encrypted streaming electronic game. An electronic ticket for access by the playback device to a secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game may be gathered. The electronic ticket may specify a first gameplay state. The electronic ticket may be used to access the secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game at the first gameplay state. One or more gameplay actions to transform the encrypted streaming electronic game to a second gameplay state may be received. The second gameplay state may be provided to a state server, where the state server configured to instruct a license server to modify the electronic ticket to specify the second gameplay state for the encrypted streaming electronic game.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: ACER CLOUD TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Wei Yen, Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen, Raymond W. Lo, Wilson Ho
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Publication number: 20200364318Abstract: A game identifier of an encrypted streaming electronic game to be streamed to a playback device may be received. The game identifier may comprise a title of the encrypted streaming electronic game. An electronic ticket for access by the playback device to a secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game may be gathered. The electronic ticket may specify a first gameplay state. The electronic ticket may be used to access the secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game at the first gameplay state. One or more gameplay actions to transform the encrypted streaming electronic game to a second gameplay state may be received. The second gameplay state may be provided to a state server, where the state server configured to instruct a license server to modify the electronic ticket to specify the second gameplay state for the encrypted streaming electronic game.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: Wei Yen, Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen, Raymond W. Lo, Wilson Ho
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Patent number: 10733271Abstract: A game identifier of an encrypted streaming electronic game to be streamed to a playback device may be received. The game identifier may comprise a title of the encrypted streaming electronic game. An electronic ticket for access by the playback device to a secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game may be gathered. The electronic ticket may specify a first gameplay state. The electronic ticket may be used to access the secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game at the first gameplay state. One or more gameplay actions to transform the encrypted streaming electronic game to a second gameplay state may be received. The second gameplay state may be provided to a state server, where the state server configured to instruct a license server to modify the electronic ticket to specify the second gameplay state for the encrypted streaming electronic game.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: ACER CLOUD TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Wei Yen, Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen, Raymond W. Lo, Wilson Ho
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Patent number: 10664575Abstract: A technique for content management involves storing runtime state of content externally. A system created according to the technique may include a state server that receives runtime state of content from a playback device, and provides the runtime state to that or another playback device upon request. A playback device constructed according to the technique may include a content state recovery engine for recovering runtime state that was previously stored externally to the playback device. A method according to the technique may include generating the runtime state locally, storing the runtime state externally, and re-acquiring the runtime state.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: ACER CLOUD TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Wei Yen, Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen, Raymond Lo, Wilson Ho
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Patent number: 10263774Abstract: A technique for maintaining encrypted content received over a network in a secure processor without exposing a key used to decrypt the content in the clear is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Princen, Pramila Srinivasan, David Blythe, Wei Yen
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Patent number: 10127073Abstract: A technique for quickly switching between a first operating system (OS) and a second OS involves deactivating the first OS and loading the second OS from dynamic memory. The technique can include inserting a context switching layer between the first OS and a hardware layer to facilitate context switching. It may be desirable to allocate dynamic memory for the second OS and preserve state of the first OS before deactivating the first OS and loading the second OS from the dynamic memory.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Princen, Sandra Berndt, Miao Cui, Nigel Gamble, Wilson Ho
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Patent number: 9985781Abstract: A technique for maintaining encrypted content received over a network in a secure processor without exposing a key used to decrypt the content in the clear is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Princen, Pramila Srinivasan, David Blythe, Wei Yen
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Publication number: 20180137307Abstract: A method may be executed by a secure processor having secure cryptography hardware implemented thereon. The method may be executed in a security kernel of a secure on-chip non-volatile (NV) memory coupled to the secure processor. The method may include: storing a rewritable state and a device private key based at least in part on a programmed secret seed and the rewritable state, the device private key being part of a cryptographic key pair comprising a public key associated with the device private key, and the rewritable state being a state of a secure application encrypted with the public key; providing one or more instructions to gather the device private key and from the private key datastore; and using the device private key to generate a device certificate, the device certificate providing the device with access to the secure application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen
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Patent number: 9881182Abstract: A method may be executed by a secure processor having secure cryptography hardware implemented thereon. The method may be executed in a security kernel of a secure on-chip non-volatile (NV) memory coupled to the secure processor. The method may include: storing a rewritable state and a device private key based at least in part on a programmed secret seed and the rewritable state, the device private key being part of a cryptographic key pair comprising a public key associated with the device private key, and the rewritable state being a state of a secure application encrypted with the public key; providing one or more instructions to gather the device private key and from the private key datastore; and using the device private key to generate a device certificate, the device certificate providing the device with access to the secure application.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen
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Publication number: 20170230176Abstract: A technique for maintaining encrypted content received over a network in a secure processor without exposing a key used to decrypt the content in the clear is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Princen, Pramila Srinivasan, David Blythe, Wei Yen
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Publication number: 20170177843Abstract: A game identifier of an encrypted streaming electronic game to be streamed to a playback device may be received. The game identifier may comprise a title of the encrypted streaming electronic game. An electronic ticket for access by the playback device to a secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game may be gathered. The electronic ticket may specify a first gameplay state. The electronic ticket may be used to access the secured portion of the encrypted streaming electronic game at the first gameplay state. One or more gameplay actions to transform the encrypted streaming electronic game to a second gameplay state may be received. The second gameplay state may be provided to a state server, where the state server configured to instruct a license server to modify the electronic ticket to specify the second gameplay state for the encrypted streaming electronic game.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: Wei Yen, Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen, Raymond W. Lo, Wilson Ho
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Publication number: 20170132433Abstract: A method may be executed by a secure processor having secure cryptography hardware implemented thereon. The method may be executed in a security kernel of a secure on-chip non-volatile (NV) memory coupled to the secure processor. The method may include: storing a rewritable state and a device private key based at least in part on a programmed secret seed and the rewritable state, the device private key being part of a cryptographic key pair comprising a public key associated with the device private key, and the rewritable state being a state of a secure application encrypted with the public key; providing one or more instructions to gather the device private key and from the private key datastore; and using the device private key to generate a device certificate, the device certificate providing the device with access to the secure application.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen
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Patent number: 9646142Abstract: A technique for maintaining encrypted content received over a network in a secure processor without exposing a key used to decrypt the content in the clear is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology Inc.Inventors: John Princen, Pramila Srinivasan, David Blythe, Wei Yen
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Publication number: 20170097846Abstract: A technique for quickly switching between a first operating system (OS) and a second OS involves deactivating the first OS and loading the second OS from dynamic memory. The technique can include inserting a context switching layer between the first OS and a hardware layer to facilitate context switching. It may be desirable to allocate dynamic memory for the second OS and preserve state of the first OS before deactivating the first OS and loading the second OS from the dynamic memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Princen, Sandra Berndt, Miao Cui, Nigel Gamble, Wilson Ho
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Patent number: 9589154Abstract: An improved secure programming technique involves reducing the size of bits programmed in on-chip secret non-volatile memory, at the same time enabling the typical secure applications supported by secure devices. A technique for secure programming involves de-coupling chip manufacture from the later process of connecting to ticket servers to obtain tickets. A method according to the technique may involve sending a (manufacturing) server signed certificate from the device prior to any communication to receive tickets. A device according to the technique may include chip-internal non-volatile memory to store the certificate along with the private key, in the manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology Inc.Inventors: Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen
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Publication number: 20160232331Abstract: A technique for maintaining encrypted content received over a network in a secure processor without exposing a key used to decrypt the content in the clear is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Princen, Pramila Srinivasan, David Blythe, Wei Yen
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Publication number: 20150347447Abstract: Techniques for providing pervasive synchronization services to digital assets are described. With the synchronization services, copies of a digital asset, regardless where they are physically located as long as they are in predefined or registered storage area (e.g., a folder or repository), are kept synchronized. In other words, when one has made a change to a file on one computer, copies of the file distributed on other computers are all updated with the change. The pervasive synchronization services are performed by using metadata sets of the digital assets without releasing the content of the digital assets. A metadata set includes some or all of header information of a file holding a digital asset and supplemental information generated about the file, wherein the supplemental information includes at least location information to indicate where there are copies of the file.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Acer Cloud Technology Inc.Inventors: W. Wilson Ho, David Edward Hirsch, Yuk Kwai Lee, Raymond Lo, Steve Jason Onorato
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Patent number: 9180374Abstract: Techniques for providing a hybrid platform for video games are disclosed. To enjoy the video and audio quality a TV could provide, all game actions with a video game are provided via a TV. However, the video game itself is running on a generic personal computer (PC). In one embodiment, a device is provided to receive various game actions by a game player with the video game. The game hub provides an (wired or wireless) interface for transferring signals representing the game actions to the PC, in return the PC provides digital streams to the TV for display.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology Inc.Inventor: Wei Yen
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Publication number: 20140325240Abstract: An improved secure programming technique involves reducing the size of bits programmed in on-chip secret non-volatile memory, at the same time enabling the typical secure applications supported by secure devices. A technique for secure programming involves de-coupling chip manufacture from the later process of connecting to ticket servers to obtain tickets. A method according to the technique may involve sending a (manufacturing) server signed certificate from the device prior to any communication to receive tickets. A device according to the technique may include chip-internal non-volatile memory to store the certificate along with the private key, in the manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: ACER CLOUD TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen
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Patent number: 8856513Abstract: An improved secure programming technique involves reducing the size of bits programmed in on-chip secret non-volatile memory, at the same time enabling the typical secure applications supported by secure devices. A technique for secure programming involves de-coupling chip manufacture from the later process of connecting to ticket servers to obtain tickets. A method according to the technique may involve sending a (manufacturing) server signed certificate from the device prior to any communication to receive tickets. A device according to the technique may include chip-internal non-volatile memory to store the certificate along with the private key, in the manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Acer Cloud Technology, Inc.Inventors: Pramila Srinivasan, John Princen