Patents by Inventor Joshua Hug

Joshua Hug 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).

  • Digital rights management for content rendering on playback devices
    Publication number: 20050114896
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an elapsed playback time associated with a digital playback device is determined and compared to an allotted playback time for the device. In the event the elapsed and allotted playback times satisfy a predetermined relationship with respect to one another, further content playback on the device may be denied or otherwise regulated until content playback rights intrinsic to the device are renewed or “recharged”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Joshua Hug, Bradley Hefta-Gaub
  • Rights enforcement and usage reporting on a client device
    Publication number: 20050022025
    Abstract: An integrity hash is obtained of rights information stored at a client device. The rights information is associated with content stored at the client device. The integrity hash is encrypted using a client device key to generate an encrypted hash. The client device key is externally inaccessible from the client device. The encrypted hash is stored on the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Joshua Hug