Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Cukor

Christopher E. Cukor 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).

  • Determining eligibility to access downloadable content associated with physical media
    Patent number: 9276937
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with provisioning of downloadable content. In various embodiments, an image may be taken of physical media under control of a content consumer, such as a videodisc or CD (or of packaging associated with such physical media). A piece of downloadable content may be identified that is associated with the physical media. After determination of whether provisioning of the downloadable content is authorized, the downloadable content may then be provisioned to the content consumer. In various embodiments, streaming content may be similarly provisioned. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cukor, Stephanie Leung, Mike C. Murphy
  • PROVISIONING OF DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL MEDIA
    Publication number: 20150006725
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with provisioning of downloadable content. In various embodiments, an image may be taken of physical media under control of a content consumer, such as a videodisc or CD (or of packaging associated with such physical media). A piece of downloadable content may be identified that is associated with the physical media. After determination of whether provisioning of the downloadable content is authorized, the downloadable content may then be provisioned to the content consumer. In various embodiments, streaming content may be similarly provisioned. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Verizion Patent And Licensing Inc
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cukor, Stephanie Leung, Mike C. Murphy
  • Streaming advertisements to a computer platform in a secure and targeted manner
    Publication number: 20100169152
    Abstract: In some embodiments targeted messaging and ads are delivered to a target customer in response to end user demographic information and end user computing platform behavior. The delivering is prevented from being overridden by a user or by any software running on the computing platform. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Moshe Maor, Gidi Etzion, Christopher E. Cukor