Patents by Inventor Cory R. West

Cory R. West 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).

  • Systems and methods for licensing one or more data streams from an encoded digital media file
    Patent number: 7581255
    Abstract: Systems and methods to license combinations of one or more data streams from an encoded file including multiple data streams are described. In one aspect, the encoded file is accessed from a data source. A header is generated to specify a first group of one or more data streams for licensing independent of a second group of one or more data streams. The data stream content in the first group is not equivalent to the data stream content of the second group. A number of business rules are identified to indicate respective licensing strategies for the data streams in the first and second groups. A data file is generated to encapsulate the header and an encrypted version of the encoded media. An end-user is provided access to the data streams in the first and/or second groups via the data file and the header according to the respective licensing strategies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Alkove, Cory R. West
  • Systems and methods for licensing one or more data streams from an encoded digital media file
    Publication number: 20040143760
    Abstract: Systems and methods to license combinations of one or more data streams from an encoded file including multiple data streams are described. In one aspect, the encoded file is accessed from a data source. A header is generated to specify a first group of one or more data streams for licensing independent of a second group of one or more data streams. The data stream content in the first group is not equivalent to the data stream content of the second group. A number of business rules are identified to indicate respective licensing strategies for the data streams in the first and second groups. A data file is generated to encapsulate the header and an encrypted version of the encoded media. An end-user is provided access to the data streams in the first and/or second groups via the data file and the header according to the respective licensing strategies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: James M. Alkove, Cory R. West