Patents by Inventor Nicholas H. Briggs

Nicholas H. Briggs 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).

  • Patent number: 9589111
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Publication number: 20140208120
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Patent number: 8667289
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and media for embedding a watermark in digital content. An exemplary method comprises receiving digital content in an encrypted form, receiving a decryption key associated with the digital content, receiving permitted use information specifying conditions under which the digital content is permitted to be rendered and indicating that a watermark is to be embedded in a rendered copy of the digital content, determining whether the conditions are satisfied, and rendering the digital content if the conditions are satisfied based on the determining, the rendering including generating a watermark based on the permitted use information and creating a rendered copy of the digital content having the watermark embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Publication number: 20120317419
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and media for embedding a watermark in digital content. An exemplary method comprises receiving digital content in an encrypted form, receiving a decryption key associated with the digital content, receiving permitted use information specifying conditions under which the digital content is permitted to be rendered and indicating that a watermark is to be embedded in a rendered copy of the digital content, determining whether the conditions are satisfied, and rendering the digital content if the conditions are satisfied based on the determining, the rendering including generating a watermark based on the permitted use information and creating a rendered copy of the digital content having the watermark embedded therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Patent number: 8205089
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Patent number: 7765403
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Publication number: 20100037061
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Patent number: 7031471
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Publication number: 20010008557
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs
  • Patent number: 6233684
    Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Contenaguard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Glen W. Petrie, Steve A. Okamoto, Nicholas H. Briggs