Patents by Inventor Ellis Verosub
Ellis Verosub 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).
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Publication number: 20090164794Abstract: The digital content store provides users with an opportunity to purchase authorized usage of digital content, such as single or multiple music tracks, video, movies, and/or video games. The users can also buy license to a desired track for a fixed number of times, e.g. preferably the users can listen on three different machines simultaneously. Users can also burn a play list of X number of times, for example ten. The burn limit preferably applies to the play list, not the song. Mixed media capability is provided that allows the purchase of digital content and/or physical media. The digital content store system comprises a unique digital rights management system and a back-end enabling system that controls these digital rights.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Ellis Verosub, Sanjeev Tenneti, Kamal Acharya, Solomon D. Goldfarb, Todd Pringle, David S. Bill, Shailesh Prakash, Adam Milligan
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Publication number: 20090144153Abstract: Techniques to facilitate acquiring a media set, or a related series, of digital media assets from an on-line media store are disclosed. A user can view various media sets that have been listed as available for purchase from the on-line media store. A user can choose to purchase a particular media set even though some or all digital media assets to be included in the particular media set are not yet available. Subsequent to the purchase of the particular media set, the digital media assets of the particular media set can be delivered to the user once the digital media assets become available. Since the monitoring is computerized and the delivery is electronic, once digital media assets becomes available, delivery can be automatically processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Roberth H. Kondrk, Alexandrea Anderson, Dobbie Shimizu, Elizabeth d'Errico, Patrice Gautier, Payam Mirrashidi, Catherine Wormington, Monika Gromek, Ellis Verosub
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Patent number: 7493289Abstract: The digital content store provides users with an opportunity to purchase authorized usage of digital content, such as single or multiple music tracks, video, movies, and/or video games. The users can also buy license to a desired track for a fixed number of times, e.g. preferably the users can listen on three different machines simultaneously. Users can also burn a play list of X number of times, for example ten. The burn limit preferably applies to the play list, not the song. Mixed media capability is provided that allows the purchase of digital content and/or physical media. The digital content store system comprises a unique digital rights management system and a back-end enabling system that controls these digital rights.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: AOL LLCInventors: Ellis Verosub, Sanjeev Tenneti, Kamal Acharya, Solomon D. Goldfarb, Todd Pringle, David S. Bill, Shailesh Prakash, Adam Milligan
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Publication number: 20070255722Abstract: Data driven page layout is disclosed. In some embodiments, an instance of a display page is created based at least in part on a display page structure derived from a previously-created display page at least in part by extracting from the previously-created display page one or more structural objects of the previously-created display page and one or more structural relationships between them, but not corresponding content of the previously-created display page, and an editing interface is provided that is configured to enable the instance of the display page to be edited at least in part by manipulating, within a graphical representation of a current structure of the display page, a graphical representation of a structural object comprising the display page.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2006Publication date: November 1, 2007Inventors: Jonathan Leffert, Ellis Verosub
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Publication number: 20060265409Abstract: Improved techniques that facilitate use of podcasts are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can facilitate discovery of a podcast of interest from a plurality of podcasts, subscribe to the podcast of interest, and provide subsequent management of the podcast of interest. The management of the podcast of interest can include acquiring updated podcast data with little or no user interaction required. According to another aspect, some or all podcasts locally available to a client application can be copied (e.g., synchronized) with a portable media device so that the podcasts can be conveniently available and played by either the client application or the portable media device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2005Publication date: November 23, 2006Inventors: David Neumann, Ellis Verosub, Payam Mirrashidi, Mark Milller, Jonathan Leffert
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Publication number: 20060248113Abstract: Techniques to facilitate pre-ordering of digital media assets from an on-line media store are disclosed. A user of the on-line media store can view advance listings for digital media assets that have not yet been released. A user can also choose to pre-order a digital media asset that has not yet been released. According to one aspect, a bundle (or group) of digital media assets can be pre-ordered. Such a pre-order is recorded and monitored so that the desired digital media asset can be purchased and delivered to the user once the digital media asset become available. Since the monitoring is computerized and the delivery is electronic, once a digital media asset becomes available, delivery of any pre-order can, if desired, occur nearly immediately.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2005Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Jonathan Leffert, Patrice Gautier, Bruno Posokhow, Ellis Verosub, Payam Mirrashidi, David Neumann, David Scheck
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Publication number: 20060247980Abstract: Improved techniques to create, browse, rate and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various users and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made available for on-line purchase, users can browse, rate and/or purchase the media asset groups at an on-line media store. One example of a media asset group (group of media items) is known as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Payam Mirrashidi, Ellis Verosub, Patrice Gautier, Anurag Pandey
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Publication number: 20060247976Abstract: Techniques to facilitate pre-ordering of digital media assets from an on-line media store are disclosed. A user of the on-line media store can view advance listings for digital media assets that have not yet been released. A user can also choose to pre-order a digital media asset that has not yet been released. Such a pre-order is recorded and monitored so that the desired digital media asset can be purchased and delivered to the user once the digital media asset become available. Since the monitoring is computerized and the delivery is electronic, once a digital media asset becomes available, delivery of any pre-order can occur nearly immediately.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2005Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Bruno Posokhow, Ellis Verosub, Payam Mirrashidi, David Neumann, David Scheck
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Publication number: 20060123052Abstract: Techniques for interacting with an online media store to obtain a media asset bundle, such as a digital boxset, are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, browsing for a media asset bundle that includes at least one interactive playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets contained in the media asset bundle, determining if a presentation request has been made for a media asset in the media asset bundle, and presenting the requested media asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2005Publication date: June 8, 2006Inventors: Jeffrey Robbin, David Heller, Mike Wiese, Patrice Gautier, Ellis Verosub
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Publication number: 20060089949Abstract: Techniques for interacting with an online media store to obtain a media asset bundle, such as a digital boxset, are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, browsing for a media asset bundle that includes at least one non-playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets contained in the media asset bundle, determining if a presentation request has been made for a media asset in the media asset bundle, and presenting the requested media asset. Further, these techniques involve playing the media assets in a media asset bundle by selecting a media asset in the media asset bundle, determining whether the media asset is playable or non-playable, presenting the media asset using an appropriate media asset viewer if it is playable, not playing (skipping) the media asset if it is non-playable, and selecting/playing other media assets in the media asset bundle until no more media assets are available to be played.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventors: Jeffrey Robbin, David Heller, Mike Wiese, Patrice Gautier, Ellis Verosub
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Publication number: 20060015378Abstract: Improved techniques to create, browse, rate and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various users and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made available for on-line purchase, users can browse, rate and/or purchase the media asset groups at an on-line media store. One example of a media asset group (group of media items) is known as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventors: Payam Mirrashidi, Ellis Verosub, Patrice Gautier, Anurag Pandey
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Publication number: 20050278377Abstract: Improved techniques to create, browse and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various persons and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made available for on-line purchase, users can browse and/or purchase the media asset groups at an on-line media store. One example of a media asset group (group of media items) is known as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Payam Mirrashidi, Ellis Verosub
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Publication number: 20040205028Abstract: The digital content store provides users with an opportunity to purchase authorized usage of digital content, such as single or multiple music tracks, video, movies, and/or video games. The users can also buy license to a desired track for a fixed number of times, e.g. preferably the users can listen on three different machines simultaneously. Users can also burn a play list of X number of times, for example ten. The burn limit preferably applies to the play list, not the song. Mixed media capability is provided that allows the purchase of digital content and/or physical media. The digital content store system comprises a unique digital rights management system and a back-end enabling system that controls these digital rights.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Ellis Verosub, Sanjeev Tenneti, Kamal Acharya, Solomon D. Goldfarb, Todd Pringle, David S. Bill, Shailesh Prakash, Adam Milligan