Patents by Inventor Tony Wooster

Tony Wooster 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).

  • Systems for secure access to protected content in a content management system
    Patent number: 11811935
    Abstract: A method performed by a CMS and an edge node of a CDN is provided, including: sharing a server secret between the CMS and the edge node; using, by the CMS, the server secret to generate a signing key, the signing key being transmitted to a client system, wherein the client system receives a request for a content item from a user device, and wherein the client system uses the signing key to generate a signed URL for the content item, the user device being redirected to the signed URL; responsive to receiving the signed URL from the user device, then validating the signed URL by the edge node, wherein validating the signed URL uses the server secret to rederive the signing key based on the signed URL; responsive to successful validation of the signed URL, then providing the content item from the edge node to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Contentful GmbH
    Inventors: Tony Wooster, Paolo Negri
  • SYSTEMS FOR SECURE ACCESS TO PROTECTED CONTENT IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220376916
    Abstract: A method performed by a CMS and an edge node of a CDN is provided, including: sharing a server secret between the CMS and the edge node; using, by the CMS, the server secret to generate a signing key, the signing key being transmitted to a client system, wherein the client system receives a request for a content item from a user device, and wherein the client system uses the signing key to generate a signed URL for the content item, the user device being redirected to the signed URL; responsive to receiving the signed URL from the user device, then validating the signed URL by the edge node, wherein validating the signed URL uses the server secret to rederive the signing key based on the signed URL; responsive to successful validation of the signed URL, then providing the content item from the edge node to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tony Wooster, Paolo Negri
  • Systems for secure access to protected content in a content management system
    Patent number: 11277266
    Abstract: A process for rendering a user interface of a web portal providing access to content of a content management system (CMS) includes: providing, from a client system of the CMS, the user interface for rendering through a browser of a user device; receiving, by the client system from the user device via the user interface, a request for a content asset; sharing a server secret between the CMS and an edge node; using, by the CMS, the server secret to generate a signing key, transmitted to the client system, wherein the client system uses the signing key to generate a signed URL for the content asset, the user device being redirected to the signed URL; responsive to receiving and successful validation of the signed URL by the edge node, then providing the content asset from the edge node to the user device for presentation through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Contentful GmbH
    Inventors: Tony Wooster, Paolo Negri
  • Systems for secure access to protected content in a content management system
    Patent number: 11258608
    Abstract: A system having a content management system (CMS) and an edge node of a content delivery network is provided. The CMS and edge node are configured to perform a method that includes sharing a server secret between the CMS and the edge node and using, by the CMS, the server secret to generate a signing key. The signing key includes a signing secret generated using the server secret. The signing key is transmitted to a client system, and the client system receives a request for a content asset from a user device and authorizes said user device for access to the content asset. The client system uses the signing key to generate a signed URL for the content asset, and the user device is redirected to the signed URL. Responsive to receiving, by the edge node, the signed URL from the user device, the method proceeds to validating the signed URL by the edge node. Validating the signed URL uses the server secret to rederive the signing secret based on the signed URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Contentful GmbH
    Inventors: Tony Wooster, Paolo Negri
  • Methods for secure access to protected content in a content management system
    Patent number: 11228437
    Abstract: A method performed by a content management system (CMS) and an edge node of a content delivery network is provided. A server secret is shared between the CMS and the edge node, and CMS uses the server secret to generate a signing key which includes a signing secret generated using the server secret. The signing key is transmitted to a client system. The client system receives a request for a content asset from a user device. The client system uses the signing key to generate a signed URL for the content asset, and the user device is redirected to the signed URL. The edge node validates the signed URL using the server secret to rederive the signing secret based on the signed URL. Responsive to successful validation of the signed URL by the edge node, then the content asset is provided from the edge node to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Contentful GmbH
    Inventors: Tony Wooster, Paolo Negri