Patents by Inventor H L Courtland Whited

H L Courtland Whited 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 of displaying comic books and similar publications on a computer
    Patent number: 8643667
    Abstract: In a method for displaying an illustrated book on a computer screen, a graphics image, corresponding to a page in the illustrated book, is displayed on the computer screen. A text detail image is displayed on the computer screen, the text detail image is displayed as a layer on the top of the graphics image. A cursor rolling over the text detail image is detected. A magnified image of the text detail image is displayed when the cursor has rolled over the text detail image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Alessi, Alberto Gabriel Mendoza Padial, H L Courtland Whited
  • System for publishing content on a portable digital storage medium
    Patent number: 7882368
    Abstract: In a method of publishing creative content to at least one local digital display device, a first unit of the creative content is stored on a first portable digital storage medium in an encrypted format. The digital replication is encrypted with a selected one of a plurality of private encryption keys. The first portable digital storage medium is transferred to the local digital display device. A preselected public key is entered into the local digital display device. The preselected public key corresponds to the selected one of the plurality of private encryption keys. At least a portion of the first unit of the creative content is decrypted by employing the public encryption key using a public key/private key decryption algorithm. The portion of the creative content is displayed on the local digital display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Alessi, Alberto Gabriel Mendoza Padial, H L Courtland Whited, Jennifer Phelan Hernandez, James A. Stikeleather
  • System for publishing content on a portable digital storage medium
    Patent number: 7545940
    Abstract: In a method of publishing creative content to at least one local digital display device, a first unit of the creative content is stored on a first portable digital storage medium in an encrypted format. The digital replication is encrypted with a selected one of a plurality of private encryption keys. The first portable digital storage medium is transferred to the local digital display device. A preselected public key is entered into the local digital display device. The preselected public key corresponds to the selected one of the plurality of private encryption keys. At least a portion of the first unit of the creative content is decrypted by employing the public encryption key using a public key/private key decryption algorithm. The portion of the creative content is displayed on the local digital display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Alessi, Alberto Gabriel Mendoza Padial, H L Courtland Whited, Jennifer Phelan Hernandez, James A. Stikeleather