Patents by Inventor Justyn T. Bye

Justyn T. Bye 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).

  • Controlling access to copies of media content by a client device
    Patent number: 9203816
    Abstract: A key server for controlling access of a client device to a subset of different quality copies of media content to be delivered over a network to the client device. In one embodiment, a key server receives a request for playback permission of media content by a client device, and applies a set of one or more business rules to determine which copies of the media content, if any, can be played by the client device, and allows access to a subset of the copies that can be played back by the client device and restricts access to the copies that are not part of the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: David F. Brueck, Justyn T. Bye
  • CONTROLLING ACCESS TO COPIES OF MEDIA CONTENT BY A CLIENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110058675
    Abstract: A key server for controlling access of a client device to a subset of different quality copies of media content to be delivered over a network to the client device. In one embodiment, a key server receives a request for playback permission of media content by a client device, and applies a set of one or more business rules to determine which copies of the media content, if any, can be played by the client device, and allows access to a subset of the copies that can be played back by the client device and restricts access to the copies that are not part of the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: David F. Brueck, Justyn T. Bye