Patents Assigned to Cinea Inc.
  • Optical content modulation for visual copyright protection
    Patent number: 7346185
    Abstract: A visual copyright protection system is disclosed, including input content, a disruption processor, and output content. The disruption processor inserts disruptive content to the input content creating output content that impedes the ability of optical recording devices to make useful copies of output content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Cinea, Inc.
    Inventors: David Grossman, Robert Wilhelm Schumann, David Glen DeGroote
  • Local content security system
    Patent number: 7277544
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for securing broadcasting content locally at receiving stations that may be remote to a broadcaster. Embodiments of this invention implement controllable and renewable security measures, compatible with many other content processing and display systems. These security measures may include re-encrypting received broadcast content using locally generated keys, watermarking the received broadcast content, and logging both processing and display of broadcast content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Cinea, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Eye, Thomas Siner, Jeffrey Segal, David Moshe Goldschlag, Robert Wilhelm Schumann
  • Optical Content Modulation
    Publication number: 20070180254
    Abstract: A visual copyright protection system is disclosed, including input content, a disruption processor, and output content. The disruption processor inserts disruptive content to the input content creating output content that impedes the ability of optical recording devices to make useful copies of output content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: CINEA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Schumann, David Grossman, David DeGroote
  • Visual copyright protection
    Patent number: 7218754
    Abstract: A visual copyright protection system is disclosed, including input content, a disruption processor, and output content. The disruption processor inserts disruptive content to the input content creating output content that impedes the ability of optical recording devices to make useful copies of output content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Cinea, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wilhelm Schumann, David G. Grossman, David Glenn DeGroote
  • Visual copyright protection
    Patent number: 6950532
    Abstract: A visual copyright protection system is disclosed, including input content, a disruption processor, and output content. The disruption processor inserts disruptive content to the input content creating output content that impedes the ability of optical recording devices to make useful copies of output content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Cinea Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wilhelm Schumann, David G. Grossman, David Glenn DeGroote