Patents by Inventor Apoorva Govind

Apoorva Govind 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: 10423763
    Abstract: User accounts can be linked together to form a group of linked user accounts that can access content items assigned to the other user accounts in the group. A user can download content items assigned to their user account, as well as shared content items assigned to one of the other user accounts in the group of linked user accounts. Use of shared content items can be restricted to client devices running specified versions of an operating system. The key ID tagged to a shared content item can be altered such that the key ID no longer correctly identifies the corresponding DRM key that enables use of the shared content item. Client devices authorized to use shared content items can be configured to recognize that a content item is a shared content item and generate the original key ID form the altered key ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gianpaolo Fasoli, Apoorva Govind, Augustin J. Farrugia, Raffi T. Khatchadourian
  • Publication number: 20180365390
    Abstract: User accounts can be linked together to form a group of linked user accounts that can access content items assigned to the other user accounts in the group. A user can download content items assigned to their user account, as well as shared content items assigned to one of the other user accounts in the group of linked user accounts. Use of shared content items can be restricted to client devices running specified versions of an operating system. The key ID tagged to a shared content item can be altered such that the key ID no longer correctly identifies the corresponding DRM key that enables use of the shared content item. Client devices authorized to use shared content items can be configured to recognize that a content item is a shared content item and generate the original key ID form the altered key ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Gianpaolo Fasoli, Apoorva Govind, Augustin J. Farrugia, Raffi T. Khatchadourian
  • Patent number: 10002236
    Abstract: User accounts can be linked together to form a group of linked user accounts that can access content items assigned to the other user accounts in the group. A user can download content items assigned to their user account, as well as shared content items assigned to one of the other user accounts in the group of linked user accounts. Use of shared content items can be restricted to client devices running specified versions of an operating system. The key ID tagged to a shared content item can be altered such that the key ID no longer correctly identifies the corresponding DRM key that enables use of the shared content item. Client devices authorized to use shared content items can be configured to recognize that a content item is a shared content item and generate the original key ID form the altered key ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gianpaolo Fasoli, Apoorva Govind, Augustin J. Farrugia, Raffi T. Khatchadourian
  • Publication number: 20160019375
    Abstract: User accounts can be linked together to form a group of linked user accounts that can access content items assigned to the other user accounts in the group. A user can download content items assigned to their user account, as well as shared content items assigned to one of the other user accounts in the group of linked user accounts. Use of shared content items can be restricted to client devices running specified versions of an operating system. The key ID tagged to a shared content item can be altered such that the key ID no longer correctly identifies the corresponding DRM key that enables use of the shared content item. Client devices authorized to use shared content items can be configured to recognize that a content item is a shared content item and generate the original key ID form the altered key ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Gianpaolo Fasoli, Apoorva Govind, Augustin J. Farrugia, Raffi T. Khatchadourian