Patents by Inventor Christopher William Szeles

Christopher William Szeles 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).

  • Method for discouraging the distribution of illegal copies of computer programs over file sharing networks
    Patent number: 7716138
    Abstract: Special CD-keys are generated so as to have special patterns recognizable by compliant installer programs, which require special actions to be taken by the compliant installer programs when recognized. Since the special patterns are different than those used for valid CD-keys, non-compliant installer programs will treat them as invalid CD-keys and refuse to install any computer programs for which the invalid CD-keys are provided. The special CD-keys are included in text files that have associated metadata indicating that they are for installing copies of computer programs to be protected. The text files are then offered by agent computers for downloading on file sharing networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Macrovision Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher William Szeles
  • Method for discouraging the distribution of illegal copies of computer programs over file sharing networks
    Publication number: 20080178295
    Abstract: Special CD-keys are generated so as to have special patterns recognizable by compliant installer programs, which require special actions to be taken by the compliant installer programs when recognized. Since the special patterns are different than those used for valid CD-keys, non-compliant installer programs will treat them as invalid CD-keys and refuse to install any computer programs for which the invalid CD-keys are provided. The special CD-keys are included in text files that have associated metadata indicating that they are for installing copies of computer programs to be protected. The text files are then offered by agent computers for downloading on file sharing networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher William Szeles