Patents by Inventor Kegan DOUGAL

Kegan DOUGAL 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).

  • Patent number: 11488258
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems and methods may improve security, authorization, and auditability of documents. For example, computer systems for serving documents may be improved to provide secure access and control through challenges that are validated with self-executing on-chain document license contracts that enforce entitlements that specify users and their authorized document actions. Such entitlements may be generated by the user who created the document. As such, a user may retain over authorizations and document actions that are permissible with respect to the document even after the user has transferred a copy of the document. Furthermore, the computer systems may be improved to write an on-chain audit log of document actions, providing an immutable record of the document actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: REFINITIV US ORGANIZATION LLC
    Inventors: James Cross, Kegan Dougal, Rob Lundie Hill, Daniel Lewington, Richard Collin
  • Publication number: 20200258166
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems and methods may improve security, authorization, and auditability of documents. For example, computer systems for serving documents may be improved to provide secure access and control through challenges that are validated with self-executing on-chain document license contracts that enforce entitlements that specify users and their authorized document actions. Such entitlements may be generated by the user who created the document. As such, a user may retain over authorizations and document actions that are permissible with respect to the document even after the user has transferred a copy of the document. Furthermore, the computer systems may be improved to write an on-chain audit log of document actions, providing an immutable record of the document actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: REFINITIV US ORGANIZATION LLC
    Inventors: James CROSS, Kegan DOUGAL, Rob LUNDIE HILL, Daniel LEWINGTON, Richard COLLIN