Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Demartini

Thomas M. Demartini 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).

  • Rights expression profile system and method
    Patent number: 7805371
    Abstract: A system, method and device for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, including specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item, the rights expression information including at least one element, the element having a variable and corresponding value for the variable; generating a profile of the rights expression information, including removing the value for the variable from the element; and generating an identification for the profile, whereby the rights expression information can be enforced on the device based on the variable and the identification for the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Demartini, Michael Charles Raley
  • Rights expression profile system and method
    Publication number: 20040236717
    Abstract: A system, method and device for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, including specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item, the rights expression information including at least one element, the element having a variable and corresponding value for the variable; generating a profile of the rights expression information, including removing the value for the variable from the element; and generating an identification for the profile, whereby the rights expression information can be enforced on the device based on the variable and the identification for the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas M. Demartini, Michael Charles Raley