Patents by Inventor Nobuo Griffin

Nobuo Griffin 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).

  • Mechanism to synchronize clients in a digital rights management environment
    Patent number: 10311237
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for determining where a license period for consuming content is expired. An exemplary embodiment involves receiving content for consumption on a client device, the content being associated with a license agreement defining a license period for consumption and determining whether the license period has expired based at least in part on a current time received from a server, the server being separate from the client device. The embodiment then involves terminating access to the content based on a determination that the license period has expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Kunal Shah, Nobuo Griffin
  • Mechanism to Synchronize Clients in a Digital Rights Management Environment
    Publication number: 20140020113
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for determining where a license period for consuming content is expired. An exemplary embodiment involves receiving content for consumption on a client device, the content being associated with a license agreement defining a license period for consumption and determining whether the license period has expired based at least in part on a current time received from a server, the server being separate from the client device. The embodiment then involves terminating access to the content based on a determination that the license period has expired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kunal Shah, Nobuo Griffin
  • Software deactivation based on a deactivation time period
    Patent number: 8479307
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system perform software deactivation based on a deactivation time period. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication from a first client machine to deactivate a license of a software product that was previously activated on the first client machine. The method also includes determining a specified time period of deactivation. The method includes deactivating the license of the software product from the first client machine responsive to a determination that the license was previously activated on the first client machine during the specified time period of deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Xuejun Xu, Katherine Koch Nadell, Li-qian Liu, Nobuo Griffin, Vivek Misra, Shyam Sunder Vijay
  • Software deactivation based on a deactivation time period
    Patent number: 7900246
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system perform software deactivation based on a deactivation time period. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication from a first client machine to deactivate a license of a software product that was previously activated on the first client machine. The method also includes determining a specified time period of deactivation. The method includes deactivating the license of the software product from the first client machine responsive to a determination that the license was previously activated on the first client machine during the specified time period of deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Xuejun Xu, Katherine Koch Nadell, Li-qian Liu, Nobuo Griffin, Vivek Misra, Shyam Sunder Vijay
  • Software uninstallation that integrates transfer activation
    Patent number: 7890950
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system perform software uninstallation that integrates transfer activation. In some embodiments, a method includes uninstalling software from a machine that is activated on the machine. The software has a limited number of activations. The uninstalling operation comprises deactivating the software on the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Mihir Nanavati, Xuejun Xu, Wilson Chan, Nobuo Griffin