Patents by Inventor Dean S. Marks

Dean S. Marks 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).

  • System and method for the assertion and identification of rights information in an analog video signal
    Patent number: 7720224
    Abstract: A method for processing an analog video signal that represents a work for which rights information is asserted. The signal includes a rights assertion mark (RAM) in the video portion of the signal within the visible picture such that capture of the picture will include the mark. The signal also includes copy control information (CCI) bits in the vertical blanking interval of the signal for representing copying and redistribution rules. If the RAM is present and the CCI bits are present, then the copying and redistribution rules represented by the CCI bits are applied. If the RAM is present but the CCI bits are not, then the most restrictive copying and redistribution rules that can be represented by the CCI bits are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Cookson, Dean S. Marks, Spencer Stephens
  • System and method for the assertion and identification of rights information in an analog video signal
    Patent number: 7162146
    Abstract: A method for processing an analog video signal that represents a work for which rights information is asserted. The signal includes a rights assertion mark (RAM) in the video portion of the signal within the visible picture such that capture of the picture will include the mark. The signal also includes copy control information (CCI) bits in the vertical blanking interval of the signal for representing copying and redistribution rules. If the RAM is present and the CCI bits are present, then the copying and redistribution rules represented by the CCI bits are applied. If the RAM is present but the CCI bits are not, then the most restrictive copying and redistribution rules that can be represented by the CCI bits are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Cookson, Dean S. Marks, Spencer Stephens
  • System and method for the assertion and identification of rights information in an analog video signal
    Publication number: 20040240846
    Abstract: A method for processing an analog video signal that represents a work for which rights information is asserted. The signal includes a rights assertion mark (RAM) in the video portion of the signal within the visible picture such that capture of the picture will include the mark. The signal also includes copy control information (CCI) bits in the vertical blanking interval of the signal for representing copying and redistribution rules. If the RAM is present and the CCI bits are present, then the copying and redistribution rules represented by the CCI bits are applied. If the RAM is present but the CCI bits are not, then the most restrictive copying and redistribution rules that can be represented by the CCI bits are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher J. Cookson, Dean S. Marks, Spencer Stephens