Patents by Inventor Paul T. Crews

Paul T. Crews 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).

  • MECHANISMS AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING BROADCAST CONTENT DISTRIBUTION OF TIME-SENSITIVE DATA
    Publication number: 20220353072
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, authenticating a user device based on communication over a data plane of a network, generating a decryption key, transmitting the decryption key to the user device, and transmitting encrypted content to the user device. The encrypted content may be accessible at the user device via the encryption key, potentially as a function of location and/or time. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Julius Mueller, Paul T. Crews
  • Mechanisms and apparatus for securing broadcast content distribution of time-sensitive data
    Patent number: 11424923
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, authenticating a user device based on communication over a data plane of a network, generating a decryption key, transmitting the decryption key to the user device, and transmitting encrypted content to the user device. The encrypted content may be accessible at the user device via the encryption key, potentially as a function of location and/or time. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Julius Mueller, Paul T. Crews
  • MECHANISMS AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING BROADCAST CONTENT DISTRIBUTION OF TIME-SENSITIVE DATA
    Publication number: 20200274854
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, authenticating a user device based on communication over a data plane of a network, generating a decryption key, transmitting the decryption key to the user device, and transmitting encrypted content to the user device. The encrypted content may be accessible at the user device via the encryption key, potentially as a function of location and/or time. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Julius Mueller, Paul T. Crews