Patents by Inventor Gary Crance

Gary Crance 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 system for protection of electronic digital content
    Patent number: 7774857
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of protecting content includes receiving a request from a user to access the content. The user is enabled to perceive the content based on the request received from the user. The user is prevented from capturing the content when perception of the content is enabled. The method may be performed by a Java applet running in a network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Crance
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION OF ELECTRONIC DIGITAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20080163384
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of protecting content includes receiving a request from a user to access the content. The user is enabled to perceive the content based on the request received from the user. The user is prevented from capturing the content when perception of the content is enabled. The method may be performed by a Java applet running in a network environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: AOL LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company (Formerly Known as America Online, Inc.)
    Inventor: Gary Crance
  • Method and system for preventing capture of electronic digital content
    Patent number: 7305713
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of protecting content includes receiving a request from a user to access the content. The user is enabled to perceive the content based on the request received from the user. The user is prevented from capturing the content when perception of the content is enabled. The method may be performed by a Java applet running in a network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: AOL LLC
    Inventor: Gary Crance
  • Screening and survey selection system and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 6999987
    Abstract: A screening and survey selection system, method of screening and selecting for a survey and a computer system employing the system and method. In one embodiment, the screening and survey selection system includes a survey queue having a plurality of queue slots, each of the plurality of queue slots including a survey available for a respondent. The screening and survey selection system also includes a random number generator that generates a number pertaining to a selected one of the plurality of queue slots as a function of at least one characteristic associated with the respondent. The screening and survey selection system still further includes a screener block question generator that develops a plurality of screener block questions that determine if the respondent is qualified to participate in a survey corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of queue slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: America Online, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Billingsley, Gary Crance, Michael J. Cunningham, Anderson Greene, Charles A. Miller, Edwin Franklin Shaw