Patents by Inventor Mathew Piacentino

Mathew Piacentino 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).

  • Method, apparatus and set-top device for transmitting content to a receiver
    Patent number: 8166499
    Abstract: A method for transmitting content (12) via a digital video interface (15) using a high-bandwidth digital content protection system (50). The content (12) has a first format in a first state, a second format in a second state, and vertical blanking intervals associated therewith. In the first state, the method includes: authenticating (302) that the receiver (25) is licensed to receive the content, signaling (304) that the content will be encrypted, and transmitting (306) the encrypted content in the first format. A transition of the content from the first format to the second format is detected (308), and the encrypted content continues (310) to be transmitted in the first format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Stone, Mathew Piacentino, Robert A. Van Wagenen
  • Method, apparatus and set-top device for transmitting content to a receiver
    Publication number: 20050066356
    Abstract: A method for transmitting content (12) via a digital video interface (15) using a high-bandwidth digital content protection system (50). The content (12) has a first format in a first state, a second format in a second state, and vertical blanking intervals associated therewith. In the first state, the method includes: authenticating (302) that the receiver (25) is licensed to receive the content, signaling (304) that the content will be encrypted, and transmitting (306) the encrypted content in the first format. A transition of the content from the first format to the second format is detected (308), and the encrypted content continues (310) to be transmtitedtransmitted in the first format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Stone, Mathew Piacentino, Robert Van Wagenen