Patents by Inventor Thomas Dean Maynard

Thomas Dean Maynard 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).

  • Distributed secure content delivery
    Patent number: 10389755
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the content. The centralized service generates access statements for the requestors. The requestors are redirected to particular distributed content services having access to the desired content. The distributed content services verify the access statements and vend the desired content to the requestors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Layton, Luke Terry Hallett, Thomas Dean Maynard, Matthew Frank Magleby
  • DISTRIBUTED SECURE CONTENT DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20160191569
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the content. The centralized service generates access statements for the requestors. The requestors are redirected to particular distributed content services having access to the desired content. The distributed content services verify the access statements and vend the desired content to the requestors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Layton, Luke Terry Hallett, Thomas Dean Maynard, Matthew Frank Magleby
  • Distributed secure content delivery
    Patent number: 9208342
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the content. The centralized service generates access statements for the requestors. The requestors are redirected to particular distributed content services having access to the desired content. The distributed content services verify the access statements and vend the desired content to the requestors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Layton, Luke Terry Hallett, Thomas Dean Maynard, Matthew Frank Magleby
  • DISTRIBUTED SECURE CONTENT DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20140338003
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the content. The centralized service generates access statements for the requestors. The requestors are redirected to particular distributed content services having access to the desired content. The distributed content services verify the access statements and vend the desired content to the requestors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Layton, Luke Terry Hallet, Thomas Dean Maynard, Matthew Frank Magleby
  • Method for performing distributed administration
    Patent number: 8769179
    Abstract: A master defines properties for a resource. The master assigns the properties to an owner. The owner associates the properties to an administrator object, the administrator object being an administrator of a company. The administrator can then associate the property to other objects associated with the company, thereby granting other company users access to the resource property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Dean Maynard
  • Distributed secure content delivery
    Patent number: 8745227
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the content. The centralized service generates access statements for the requesters. The requestors are redirected to particular distributed content services having access to the desired content. The distributed content services verify the access statements and vend the desired content to the requestors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Layton, Luke Terry Hallett, Thomas Dean Maynard, Matthew Frank Magleby
  • METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISTRIBUTED ADMINISTRATION
    Publication number: 20130014229
    Abstract: A master defines properties for a resource. The master assigns the properties to an owner. The owner associates the properties to an administrator object, the administrator object being an administrator of a company. The administrator can then associate the property to other objects associated with the company, thereby granting other company users access to the resource property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Dean Maynard
  • METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISTRIBUTED ADMINISTRATION
    Publication number: 20080208954
    Abstract: A master defines properties for a resource. The master assigns the properties to an owner. The owner associates the properties to an administrator object, the administrator object being an administrator of a company. The administrator can then associate the property to other objects associated with the company, thereby granting other company users access to the resource property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Novell, Inc.- a Delaware Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Dean Maynard
  • Method for performing distributed administration
    Patent number: 7389511
    Abstract: A master defines properties for a resource. The master assigns the properties to an owner. The owner associates the properties to an administrator object, the administrator object being an administrator of a company. The administrator can then associate the property to other objects associated with the company, thereby granting other company users access to the resource property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Dean Maynard
  • Distributed secure content delivery
    Publication number: 20070288637
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the content. The centralized service generates access statements for the requesters. The requestors are redirected to particular distributed content services having access to the desired content. The distributed content services verify the access statements and vend the desired content to the requestors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Layton, Luke Terry Hallett, Thomas Dean Maynard, Matthew Frank Magleby