Patents by Inventor Sunil Shashikanthan John

Sunil Shashikanthan John 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 and apparatus to control access to content
    Patent number: 7953079
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer program product for accessing content via a packet-switched network based on a content access policy. The content is marked with a rating. The rating is extracted from the content, to verify conformance with the content access policy. On verification of the conformance between the rating and the content access policy, access to the marked content is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Shashikanthan John, Michael Edric Tasker
  • Method and apparatus to control access to content
    Publication number: 20080298358
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer program product for accessing content via a packet-switched network based on a content access policy. The content is marked with a rating. The rating is extracted from the content, to verify conformance with the content access policy. On verification of the conformance between the rating and the content access policy, access to the marked content is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Sunil Shashikanthan John, Michael Edric Tasker