Patents by Inventor Kumar B. Parambir

Kumar B. Parambir 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).

  • Issuing a publisher use license off-line in a digital rights management (DRM) system
    Patent number: 8719171
    Abstract: A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) server, where the publishing certificate allows the publishing user to so publish the digital content and to so issue the publisher license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Bourne, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Pierre Jacomet, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Kumar B. Parambir, Yevgeniy Eugene Rozenfeld, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Charles F. Rose
  • Issuing a publisher use license off-line in a digital rights management (DRM) system
    Patent number: 8700535
    Abstract: A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) server, where the publishing certificate allows the publishing user to so publish the digital content and to so issue the publisher license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Bourne, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Pierre Jacomet, Rushmi U Malviarachchi, Kumar B Parambir, Yevgeniy Eugene Rozenfeld, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Charles F Rose, III
  • Distribution of information protection policies to client machines
    Patent number: 8156538
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Abhijat A. Kanade, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Peter D. Waxman, Yuhui Zhong, Gregory Kostal, Scott C. Cottrille, Syed A. Mehdi, Patricia Priest, Kumar B. Parambir, Li Ren
  • ISSUING A PUBLISHER USE LICENSE OFF-LINE IN A DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (DRM) SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100281253
    Abstract: A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) server, where the publishing certificate allows the publishing user to so publish the digital content and to so issue the publisher license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Bourne, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Pierre Jacomet, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Kumar B. Parambir, Yevgeniy (Eugene) Rozenfeld, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Charles F. Rose, III
  • DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION PROTECTION POLICIES TO CLIENT MACHINES
    Publication number: 20090158384
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhijat A. Kanade, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Peter D. Waxman, Yuhui Zhong, Gregory Kostal, Scott C. Cottrille, Syed A. Mehdi, Patricia Priest, Kumar B. Parambir, Li Ren
  • Issuing a Publisher Use License Off-Line in a Digital Rights Management (DRM) System
    Publication number: 20080215896
    Abstract: A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) server, where the publishing certificate allows the publishing user to so publish the digital content and to so issue the publisher license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Steve Bourne, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Pierre Jacomet, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Kumar B. Parambir, Yevgeniy (Eugene) Rozenfeld, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Charles F. Rose
  • Issuing a publisher use license off-line in a digital rights management (DRM) system
    Patent number: 7370212
    Abstract: A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) server, where the publishing certificate allows the publishing user to so publish the digital content and to so issue the publisher license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Bourne, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Pierre Jacomet, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Kumar B. Parambir, Yevgeniy (Eugene) Rozenfeld, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Charles F. Rose, III
  • Issuing a publisher use license off-line in a digital rights management (DRM) system
    Publication number: 20040168073
    Abstract: A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) server, where the publishing certificate allows the publishing user to so publish the digital content and to so issue the publisher license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Bourne, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Pierre Jacomet, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Kumar B. Parambir, Yevgeniy (Eugene) Rozenfeld, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Charles F. Rose,