Patents by Inventor Mitchell F. Singer

Mitchell F. Singer 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 for generating a secure copy of media data
    Patent number: 9619629
    Abstract: A system for transferring verified media data. The system comprising: an item of content storing the media data, and having an associated serial number; a computing device including a first storage device and a network interface; a secure copying application program; a secure copy of the media data generated by the secure copying application program and stored on the first storage device; a verification server including a serial number database and having a network connection to the computing device through the network interface, wherein the secure copying application program generates the secure copy after verifying the serial number is valid and active by communicating with the verification server; and a portable copy of the media data, including license information, generated from the secure copy by the secure copying application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc
    Inventors: Brian D. Lakamp, Mitchell F. Singer
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING A SECURE COPY OF MEDIA DATA
    Publication number: 20140026227
    Abstract: A system for transferring verified media data. The system comprising: an item of content storing the media data, and having an associated serial number; a computing device including a first storage device and a network interface; a secure copying application program; a secure copy of the media data generated by the secure copying application program and stored on the first storage device; a verification server including a serial number database and having a network connection to the computing device through the network interface, wherein the secure copying application program generates the secure copy after verifying the serial number is valid and active by communicating with the verification server; and a portable copy of the media data, including license information, generated from the secure copy by the secure copying application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc
    Inventors: Brian D. Lakamp, Mitchell F. Singer
  • Method for generating a secure copy of media data
    Patent number: 8538888
    Abstract: A system for transferring verified media data. The system comprising: an item of content storing the media data, and having an associated serial number; a computing device including a first storage device and a network interface; a secure copying application program; a secure copy of the media data generated by the secure copying application program and stored on the first storage device; a verification server including a serial number database and having a network connection to the computing device through the network interface, wherein the secure copying application program generates the secure copy after verifying the serial number is valid and active by communicating with the verification server; and a portable copy of the media data, including license information, generated from the secure copy by the secure copying application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Brian D. Lakamp, Mitchell F. Singer