Patents by Inventor James L. Brock

James L. Brock 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).

  • Content monitoring and compliance enforcement
    Patent number: 8010511
    Abstract: Responding to a use of controlled content is disclosed. Responding includes receiving an indication of the use of the controlled content including a context of the use of the controlled content, automatically determining using the context an engagement action for responding to the use, and automatically initiating the engagement action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Attributor Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Brock, James E. Pitkow
  • Determination of originality of content
    Publication number: 20080178302
    Abstract: Making a determination of originality of content is disclosed. At least one originality factor related to the content is analyzed, wherein the originality factor is independent of a time when the content is detected. Based on the analysis of the at least one originality factor, automatically the determination is automatically made. The determination is outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Brock, James E. Pitkow
  • Content monitoring and compliance enforcement
    Publication number: 20080059426
    Abstract: Responding to a use of controlled content is disclosed. Responding includes receiving an indication of the use of the controlled content including a context of the use of the controlled content, automatically determining using the context an engagement action for responding to the use, and automatically initiating the engagement action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Brock, James E. Pitkow
  • Content monitoring and compliance
    Publication number: 20080059211
    Abstract: Monitoring content is disclosed. Monitoring content includes detecting a use of controlled content, evaluating a context associated with the use of the controlled content, and automatically engaging with an entity associated with the use of the controlled content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Brock, James E. Pitkow
  • Compliance information retrieval
    Publication number: 20080059425
    Abstract: Providing compliance information is disclosed. Providing compliance information includes receiving an indication that a link from an object has been selected, wherein the link is to a reference to an entity that hosts the compliance information, determining the compliance information based at least in part on an association between the compliance information and the object, and providing the compliance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Brock, James E. Pitkow
  • Content monitoring and host compliance evaluation
    Publication number: 20080059536
    Abstract: Evaluating content is disclosed. Evaluating includes determining a host policy associated with one or more host policy rules, wherein the host policy specifies one or more conditions under which the content may be hosted, automatically assessing compliance with the one or more host policy rules based at least in part on a context associated with the use of the content, and combining the compliance assessments to make a compliance evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Brock, James E. Pitkow
  • Content search using a provided interface
    Publication number: 20080059461
    Abstract: Searching for content is disclosed. Searching includes determining a unique feature associated with the content, using a provided interface to obtain a candidate set of matches, and searching the candidate set of matches to obtain a matching set of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Brock, James E. Pitkow