Patents by Inventor Wouter Baks

Wouter Baks 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).

  • Patent number: 9460271
    Abstract: A method of and system for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a license owner to a client who is a member of a domain. This requires successfully verifying that a membership relation exists between the client and the domain as reflected in a first state variable, and that an association relation exists between the license owner and the domain as reflected in a second state variable. Both relationships are revoked by executing an online protocol between the parties in the relationship after which both remove the corresponding state variable. The domain controller propagates the state administration relating to the domain is propagated to the client so that the client can update its state administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Baks, Franciscus L. A. J. Kamperman, Petrus J. Lenoir, Lukasz Szostek
  • Publication number: 20150013017
    Abstract: A method of and system for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a license owner to a client who is a member of a domain. This requires successfully verifying that a membership relation exists between the client and the domain as reflected in a first state variable, and that an association relation exists between the license owner and the domain as reflected in a second state variable. Both relationships are revoked by executing an online protocol between the parties in the relationship after which both remove the corresponding state variable. The domain controller propagates the state administration relating to the domain is propagated to the client so that the client can update its state administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Wouter Baks, Franciscus L.A.J. Kamperman, Petrus J. Lenoir, Lukasz Szostek
  • Patent number: 8776259
    Abstract: A method of and system for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a license owner to a client who is a member of a domain. This requires successfully verifying that a membership relation exists between the client and the domain as reflected in a first state variable, and that an association relation exists between the license owner and the domain as reflected in a second state variable. Both relationships are revoked by executing an online protocol between the parties in the relationship after which both remove the corresponding state variable. The domain controller propagates the state administration relating to the domain is propagated to the client so that the client can update its state administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklike Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Baks, Franciscus L. A. J. Kamperman, Petrus J. Lenoir, Lukasz Szostek
  • Publication number: 20140130181
    Abstract: A method of and system for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a license owner to a client who is a member of a domain. This requires successfully verifying that a membership relation exists between the client and the domain as reflected in a first state variable, and that an association relation exists between the license owner and the domain as reflected in a second state variable. Both relationships are revoked by executing an online protocol between the parties in the relationship after which both remove the corresponding state variable. The domain controller propagates the state administration relating to the domain is propagated to the client so that the client can update its state administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Baks, Franciscus L.A.J. Kamperman, Petrus J. Lenoir, Lukasz Szostek
  • Patent number: 8595853
    Abstract: A method of and system for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a license owner to a client who is a member of a domain. This requires successfully verifying that a membership relation exists between the client and the domain as reflected in a first state variable, and that an association relation exists between the license owner and the domain as reflected in a second state variable. Both relationships are revoked by executing an online protocol between the parties in the relationship after which both remove the corresponding state variable. The domain controller propagates the state administration relating to the domain is propagated to the client so that the client can update its state administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Baks, Franciscus Lucas Antonius Johannes Kamperman, Petrus Johannes Lenoir, Lukasz Szostek
  • Publication number: 20080229387
    Abstract: A method of and system for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a license owner to a client who is a member of a domain. This requires successfully verifying that a membership relation exists between the client and the domain as reflected in a first state variable, and that an association relation exists between the license owner and the domain as reflected in a second state variable. Both relationships are revoked by executing an online protocol between the parties in the relationship after which both remove the corresponding state variable. The domain controller propagates the state administration relating to the domain is propagated to the client so that the client can update its state administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Baks, Franciscus Lucas Antonius Johannes Kamperman, Petrus Johannes Lenoir, Lukasz Szostek