Patents by Inventor Jody A. Hendrix

Jody A. Hendrix 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).

  • Pre-performing operations for accessing protected content
    Patent number: 7882035
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for pre-performing operations for accessing protected content. Cryptographic user key pairs can be pre-generated and distributed in response to a variety of different events prior to provisioning client machine for accessing protected content. Usage licenses can be pre-generated and allocated prior to requests for usage licenses. Usage licenses can be pre-obtained for client machines prior to client machines access protected content. Pre-performed operations can be performed in response to detected events, such as, for example, reduced resource consumption in a Digital Rights Management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Cottrille, Gregory Kostal, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Jeffrey M. Brown, Umesh R. Dhond, Amit Fulay, Jody A. Hendrix, Krassimir E. Karamfilov, Yevgeniy Rozenfeld, Vladimir Yarmolenko, Yuhui Zhong
  • PRE-PERFORMING OPERATIONS FOR ACCESSING PROTECTED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20090192942
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for pre-performing operations for accessing protected content. Cryptographic user key pairs can be pre-generated and distributed in response to a variety of different events prior to provisioning client machine for accessing protected content. Usage licenses can be pre-generated and allocated prior to requests for usage licenses. Usage licenses can be pre-obtained for client machines prior to client machines access protected content. Pre-performed operations can be performed in response to detected events, such as, for example, reduced resource consumption in a Digital Rights Management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott C. Cottrille, Gregory Kostal, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Jeffrey M. Brown, Umesh R. Dhond, Amit Fulay, Jody A. Hendrix, Krassimir E. Karamfilov, Yevgeniy Rozenfeld, Vladimir Yarmolenko, Yuhui Zhong