Patents by Inventor Allan Tomlinson

Allan Tomlinson 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: 7698554
    Abstract: A broadcast control method includes validating a time and location of an end user device by verifying the identity and location of a device on the intermediary network; sending a nonce from a intermediary network to an end user device at a first time; sending the nonce from the end user to the network at a second time; sending an encrypted request for content from the network to a broadcast system; decrypting the request to verify the identities of the devices and the time and location data; and sending content from the broadcast system to the end user device if the identities are verified and the time interval between the first and second times is less than the predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
    Inventors: Allan Tomlinson, Alexander William Dent
  • Publication number: 20050272405
    Abstract: A method of controlling transmission of broadcast content from a content provider via a broadcast means to an end user device using an intermediary network comprises validating the time and location of the end user device by verifying the identity and location of a device on the intermediary network; sending a nonce from a intermediary network to an end user device at a first time; sending the nonce from the end user to the network at a second time; sending an encrypted request for content from the network to the broadcast means; decrypting the request to verify the identities of the devices and the time and location data; and sending content from the broadcast means to the end user device if the identities are verified and the time interval between the first and second times is less than the predetermined time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
    Inventors: Allan Tomlinson, Alexander Dent