Patents by Inventor Hubert E. Kukla

Hubert E. Kukla 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).

  • Patent number: 8582763
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decrypting encrypted broadband data by one or more authorized users comprising the following steps: provision of the encrypted broadband data (10) for a plurality of users; provision of encrypted or non-encrypted key data (30), which is of a comparatively narrower band than the broadband data (10) and which is personalized for one or more authorized users, exclusively in a decryption unit (40), said narrow-band key data (30) being held in the decryption unit (40) in a form that is not accessible to the authorized user; at least partial decryption of the encrypted broadband data (10) in the decryption unit (40) in order to output a broadband data stream (70) that is at least partially decrypted; or generation of broadband key information (30?) from the narrow-band key information (30) in the decryption unit (40) for the subsequent decryption of the encrypted broadband data (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Comvenient GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hubert E. Kukla, Ingo Barth
  • Publication number: 20090052673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decrypting encrypted broadband data by one or more authorised users comprising the following steps: provision of the encrypted broadband data (10) for a plurality of users; provision of encrypted or non-encrypted key data (30), which is of a comparatively narrower band than the broadband data (10) and which is personalised for one or more authorised users, exclusively in a decryption unit (40), said narrow-band key data (30) being held in the decryption unit (40) in a form that is not accessible to the authorised user; at least partial decryption of the encrypted broadband data (10) in the decryption unit (40) in order to output a broadband data stream (70) that is at least partially decrypted; or generation of broadband key information (30?) from the narrow-band key information (30) in the decryption unit (40) for the subsequent decryption of the encrypted broadband data (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Hubert E. Kukla, Ingo Barth