Patents by Inventor Edward F. Bersson

Edward F. Bersson 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).

  • Apparatus for monitoring and preventing unauthorized copying of digital data
    Patent number: 6081897
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring and preventing unauthorized copying of digital data. A recording device records digital data on a first storage medium which has been read from a second storage medium. A computer connected to said recording device and the reading device is programmed to execute premastering instructions to enable reading of data from a second storage medium in order to record the data on the first storage medium. The computer further includes instructions for inhibiting copying of the data when said data is subject to copyright by detecting a notice of copyright in the data and inhibiting the premastering instructions from reading the data which includes the copyright notice thereby preventing recording of the data on the first medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Recording Industry of America
    Inventor: Edward F. Bersson