Patents by Inventor Dan Alexandru Gentea

Dan Alexandru Gentea 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 AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC CONTENT
    Publication number: 20160259947
    Abstract: According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding content protection server for managing access to electronic content comprise retrieving access policies, or permissions, associated with a content item from a corresponding content sharing application, or rights issuer. The access policies are translated into a format recognizable by a digital rights management (DRM) engine, and forwarded to the DRM engine. The translated access policies are then provided by the DRM engine to a client device where the translated access policies are enforced in managing any potential access to the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Negrea, Dan Alexandru Gentea, Clement Cazalot, Uli P. Mittermaier
  • Method and apparatus for managing access to electronic content
    Patent number: 9356936
    Abstract: According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding content protection server for managing access to electronic content comprise retrieving access policies, or permissions, associated with a content item from a corresponding content sharing application, or rights issuer. The access policies are translated into a format recognizable by a digital rights management (DRM) engine, and forwarded to the DRM engine. The translated access policies are then provided by the DRM engine to a client device where the translated access policies are enforced in managing any potential access to the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Intralinks, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Negrea, Dan Alexandru Gentea, Clement Cazalot, Uli P. Mittermaier
  • Method And Apparatus For Managing Access To Electronic Content
    Publication number: 20150096053
    Abstract: According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding content protection server for managing access to electronic content comprise retrieving access policies, or permissions, associated with a content item from a corresponding content sharing application, or rights issuer. The access policies are translated into a format recognizable by a digital rights management (DRM) engine, and forwarded to the DRM engine. The translated access policies are then provided by the DRM engine to a client device where the translated access policies are enforced in managing any potential access to the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Alex Negrea, Dan Alexandru Gentea, Clement Cazalot, Uli P. Mittermaier