Kerry L Miller

US Patent:

20070078777, Apr 5, 2007

Filed:

Sep 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/528680

Inventors:

Thomas Demartini - Culver City CA, US
Michael Raley - Downey CA, US
Xin Wang - Rancho Palos Vardes CA, US
Joseph Fung - Cerritos CA, US
Mai Nguyen - Buena Park CA, US
Guillermo Lao - Torrance CA, US
Rajan Samtani - Agoura Hills CA, US
Eddie Chen - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Kerry Miller - Hermosa Beach CA, US

Assignee:

CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00
H04L 9/00
H04K 1/00

US Classification:

705059000

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product for a digital content player having a DRM agent to perform rights management operations on a digital content package, including loading rights management instructions to be executed by the digital content player, the rights management instructions being associated with the digital content package, executing the rights management instructions on the digital content player, and loading supporting licenses associated with the digital content package for processing by the DRM agent. The DRM agent deciding whether to permit the rights management operations requested by the rights management instructions. Further exemplary embodiments include systems, methods and computer program products for associating usage rights with digital content packages, managing of digital rights tokens, managing of digital content packages having predetermined broadcast dates, preserving of usage rights when content is transferred between DRM environments, and distributing content packages.

US Patent:

20090158341, Jun 18, 2009

Filed:

Dec 17, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/958312

Inventors:

Kerry Philip Miller - El Segundo CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

725 46

Abstract:

Various embodiments determine electronic program guide information based on user viewing habits. One embodiment provides an electronic program guide generator that receives usage information that includes indications of a plurality of viewed channels, determines one or more channels of the plurality of viewed channels based on the received usage information, and provides indications of the determined one or more channels.

US Patent:

20090158357, Jun 18, 2009

Filed:

Dec 17, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/958337

Inventors:

Kerry Philip Miller - El Segundo CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

725 61

Abstract:

An embodiment for recording a channel that is communicating a program of interest identifies a selected program for recording as a program of interest based upon a characteristic of the selected program, the characteristic of the selected program corresponding to at least one characteristic associated with the program of interest,; records an advance period corresponding to a period before a beginning of the program of interest, and records a following period corresponding to a period after a conclusion of the program of interest.

US Patent:

20090165057, Jun 25, 2009

Filed:

Dec 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/961875

Inventors:

Kerry Philip Miller - El Segundo CA, US
Gary W. Dalmadge - Broomfield CO, US
Stephen Bartlett - Dallas TX, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/20

US Classification:

725 68

Abstract:

Various embodiments concurrently process program content corresponding to multiple concurrently communicated programs. One embodiment provides a program content transporter that receives via a content stream selector a multiplexed signal that contains a plurality of program content portions that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs, and concurrently presents the program content portion corresponding to a first program of the plurality of programs and records the received program content portion corresponding to a second program of the plurality of programs.