Patents by Inventor Peter L. Tierney

Peter L. Tierney 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).

  • System and embedded license control mechanism for the creation and distribution of digital content files and enforcement of licensed use of the digital content files
    Patent number: 6920567
    Abstract: A digital content file including a license control mechanism controlling the licensed use of digital content and a system and method for distributing licensable digital content files and licenses. A digital content file includes a digital content, which may be executable code or data, an embedded file access control mechanism and a dynamic license database associated with the file access mechanism for storing license information used by the file access control mechanism in controlling use of the digital content. The file access control mechanism includes a license monitor and control mechanism communicating with the dynamic license database and controlling use of the digital content and a license control utility providing communications between a user system and an external system to communicate license definition information and includes a graphical user interface. License information may be stored initially in the dynamic license database or provided from an external system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Viatech Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Doherty, Peter L. Tierney, Marios Arnaoutoglou-Andreou