Patents by Inventor Blake McGill

Blake McGill 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).

  • DISTRIBUTED ACCESS CONTROL FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20240414387
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for controlling access to multimedia content. In an access control system, each device operates as a gateway or node in the access control network and is linked to the other devices in the access control network. Each device in the network has a hash value that identifies the device and the type of media content or content providers the device can access. When a device requests to access media content, nodes in the access control system can compare the hash value of the user device to hash values in an allocation table to determine whether the user is authorized access the media content. In some implementations, a device connected to the access control network can verify or validate the hash value of the requesting device by comparing the hash value to hash values in an allocation table stored on a blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventor: Blake McGill
  • Distributed access control for multimedia content
    Patent number: 12081814
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for controlling access to multimedia content. In an access control system, each device operates as a gateway or node in the access control network and is linked to the other devices in the access control network. Each device in the network has a hash value that identifies the device and the type of media content or content providers the device can access. When a device requests to access media content, nodes in the access control system can compare the hash value of the user device to hash values in an allocation table to determine whether the user is authorized access the media content. In some implementations, a device connected to the access control network can verify or validate the hash value of the requesting device by comparing the hash value to hash values in an allocation table stored on a blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventor: Blake McGill
  • DISTRIBUTED ACCESS CONTROL FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20230199236
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for controlling access to multimedia content. In an access control system, each device operates as a gateway or node in the access control network and is linked to the other devices in the access control network. Each device in the network has a hash value that identifies the device and the type of media content or content providers the device can access. When a device requests to access media content, nodes in the access control system can compare the hash value of the user device to hash values in an allocation table to determine whether the user is authorized access the media content. In some implementations, a device connected to the access control network can verify or validate the hash value of the requesting device by comparing the hash value to hash values in an allocation table stored on a blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Blake McGill