Patents by Inventor James P. Pravetz

James P. Pravetz 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).

  • Application rights enabling
    Patent number: 8256016
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum
  • Application Rights Enabling
    Publication number: 20110167504
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum
  • Application rights enabling
    Patent number: 7213269
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum
  • Application rights enabling
    Publication number: 20030159035
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum