Patents by Inventor Vincent Tieu

Vincent Tieu 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 method for granting access to an item or permission to use an item based on configurable conditions
    Patent number: 7840488
    Abstract: A method, system, device, and computer program product for processing plural rights expressions associated with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expressions, including receiving a request to use an item, the item having associated rights expressions governing use of the item; returning one or more rights expressions including conditions that must be satisfied in order to use the item; and processing the returned rights expressions in a manner to facilitate selection of the returned rights expressions in order to use the item in accordance with the selected rights expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Tieu, Joseph Z. Fung, Eddie Chen, Bijan Tadayon
  • Method, system, and device for indexing and processing of expressions
    Publication number: 20060225055
    Abstract: A method, system, and device for indexing expressions for use in a system for processing the expressions, and including indexing an expression using a semantic value; receiving a query; generating a list of prospective expressions from indexed expressions based on the query; and processing the prospective expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Tieu
  • Method and apparatus for managing digital content usage rights
    Patent number: 7085741
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for specifying and editing rights associated with a content includes a general model that comprehends rights specification at different levels of the content life cycle. The rights specification includes content association, and the protection of the content is a byproduct of the content and rights association. The general model includes a rights component, a conditions component, a rights offer component, and a rights label component. The rights offers specify the relationship between rights and conditions. The rights labels are collections of the offers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillermo Lao, Rory Jacobs, Mai Nguyen, Manuel Ham, Vincent Tieu
  • Systems and methods for integrity certification and verification
    Publication number: 20050262086
    Abstract: A method and system for integrity certification and verification in a computer environment based on characteristics and behaviors of one or more applications, systems or system components as compared with a profile of characteristics and behaviors, including determining a behavior integrity profile (BIP) specifying characteristics and behaviors of one or more applications, systems or system components; determining based on the BIP whether or not characteristics and behaviors of one or more applications, systems or system components are compliant with characteristics and behaviors defined in a behavior integrity profile specification; and determining access rights to the one or more applications, systems or system components based on the step of determining the compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Content Guard Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Thanh Ta, Xin Wang, Vincent Tieu, Joseph Zhung Fung, Duc Tran, Venugopal Venkatraman, Jose Romero-Lobo, Eddie Chen, Charles Gilliam
  • Method for managing access and use of resources by verifying conditions and conditions for use therewith
    Publication number: 20030009424
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing access to resources that integrates both authorization and protection for a wide range of resources. The rights to access a protected resource are based on conditions. Conditions are associated with both resource the resource and the state of the resource to thereby protect the resource at various stages during its life cycle. Conditions that are associated with the entire life cycle of the protected resource can be expressed by use of a grammar including data structures, sets of rules or a language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Thanh Ta, Thomas DeMartini, Joseph Z. Fung, Guillermo Lao, Mai Nguyen, Bijan Tadayon, Vincent Tieu, Duc Tran, Xin Wang, Edgardo Valenzuela
  • Method and apparatus for managing digital content usage rights
    Publication number: 20020109707
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for specifying and editing rights associated with a content includes a general model that comprehends rights specification at different levels of the content life cycle. The rights specification includes content association, and the protection of the content is a byproduct of the content and rights association. The general model includes a rights component, a conditions component, a rights offer component, and a rights label component. The rights offers specify the relationship between rights and conditions. The rights labels are collections of the offers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Guillermo Lao, Rory Jacobs, Mai Nguyen, Manuel Ham, Vincent Tieu