Patents by Inventor Kipp E. B. Hickman

Kipp E. B. Hickman 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).

  • System and method for rendering content received via the internet and world wide web via delegation of rendering processes
    Patent number: 6343377
    Abstract: A system and method for manifesting content received via the Internet by an automatic data processing system includes and involves a content retrieval module for retrieving content from the Internet. The content is arranged to be manifested by the automatic data processing system. Also included and involved is a content manifestation module that is coupled to the content retrieval module. The content manifestation module is operable to receive a replaceable software delegate during its operation, and to manifest the content within the automatic data processing system in accordance with the replaceable software delegate. The replaceable software delegate controls the manifestation of the content by the content manifestation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Netscape Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Rick Gessner, Peter S. Linss, Kipp E. B. Hickman, Troy Chevalier
  • Secure socket layer application program apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5825890
    Abstract: A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising: computer readable program code means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; computer readable program code means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; computer readable program code means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and computer readable program code means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Netscape Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Taher Elgamal, Kipp E.B. Hickman
  • Secure socket layer application program apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5657390
    Abstract: A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising: computer readable program code means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; computer readable program code means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; computer readable program code means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and computer readable program code means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Netscape Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Taher Elgamal, Kipp E. B. Hickman