Patents by Inventor Luke Lecheler

Luke Lecheler 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 for sharing selectively ephemeral content
    Patent number: 10320794
    Abstract: An electronic device that provides long-lived, but selectively ephemeral access to content is described. In particular, the electronic devices may provide secure content, which was generated based on protection information and the content, to a computer system. After receiving a share command, the electronic device may communicate, to the computer system, a unique token that is associated with a recipient in a communication network and an instruction to enable a recipient electronic device associated with the recipient to view the content. This unique token may allow the computer system to access the content in the secure content, so that the computer system has an ability to provide the content to the recipient electronic device. Moreover, after receiving an un-share command, the electronic device may temporarily or permanently disable the unique token on the computer system, so that the computer system is unable to access the content in the secure content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Miller, Nathan Edwards, Brad Hosack, Luke Lecheler, James Leslie, Philip Soran
  • System for Sharing Selectively Ephemeral Content
    Publication number: 20170034173
    Abstract: An electronic device that provides long-lived, but selectively ephemeral access to content is described. In particular, the electronic devices may provide secure content, which was generated based on protection information and the content, to a computer system. After receiving a share command, the electronic device may communicate, to the computer system, a unique token that is associated with a recipient in a communication network and an instruction to enable a recipient electronic device associated with the recipient to view the content. This unique token may allow the computer system to access the content in the secure content, so that the computer system has an ability to provide the content to the recipient electronic device. Moreover, after receiving an un-share command, the electronic device may temporarily or permanently disable the unique token on the computer system, so that the computer system is unable to access the content in the secure content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Vidku, Corp.
    Inventors: Charles Miller, Nathan Edwards, Brad Hosack, Luke Lecheler, James Leslie, Philip Soran