Patents by Inventor Joe Steele

Joe Steele 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).

  • Porting digital rights management service to multiple computing platforms
    Patent number: 8516273
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for porting digital rights management services. In one aspect, a system includes: a hardware processor; one or more memory devices coupled with the hardware processor and effecting an operating system for the hardware processor; and a digital rights management (DRM) component having a DRM adaptor configured to check whether the hardware processor has a hardware-based encryption element, use the hardware-based encryption element if available, and use a software-based encryption element if the hardware-based encryption element is not available, wherein the software-based encryption element includes code compiled from source code for the hardware processor, the source code prepared for different computer platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Asobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Shyam S. Vijay, Joe Steele, Roderick David Schultz
  • PORTING DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SERVICE TO MULTIPLE COMPUTING PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20130166921
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for porting digital rights management services. In one aspect, a system includes: a hardware processor; one or more memory devices coupled with the hardware processor and effecting an operating system for the hardware processor; and a digital rights management (DRM) component having a DRM adaptor configured to check whether the hardware processor has a hardware-based encryption element, use the hardware-based encryption element if available, and use a software-based encryption element if the hardware-based encryption element is not available, wherein the software-based encryption element includes code compiled from source code for the hardware processor, the source code prepared for different computer platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shyam S. Vijay, Joe Steele, Roderick David Schultz