Patents by Inventor Douglas Geisler

Douglas Geisler 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 digital content in a content management system
    Publication number: 20070162400
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing rights associated with digital content in a digital exchange system (e.g., a content management system) are provided. The method includes providing one or more first templates, and providing one or more second templates. Each first template corresponds to one or more rights of a first digital rights management system, and each second template corresponds to one or more rights of a second digital rights management system. The method further includes relating one or more of the first templates to one or more of the second templates based on pre-determined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Brew, Douglas Geisler, Marco Hurtado, James Mahlbacher, Joseph Polimeni, George Wilhelm
  • Method and system for providing interoperability between digital rights management systems
    Publication number: 20070156601
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing digital content in content management system are provided. The content management system includes a filter operable to automatically determine a first protected format of digital content that has been imported into the content management system, and a transformer operable to transform the digital content from the first protected format into a second protected format. The second protected format is different from the first protected format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Brew, Douglas Geisler, Marco Hurtado, Michael Lisanke, James Mahlbacher, Joseph Polimeni