US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Oct. 28 for "Smart AV receiver for content protection" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,387, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Smart AV receiver for content protection" was invented by Ashif Nazirudeen (Redmond, Wash.), Mike Nakahara (Kirkland, Wash.) and Allan Christopher Ecker (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio/video (AV) receiver is adapted to be dynamically reconfigured in a selected one of an encrypted content support mode and an unencrypted content support mode. The AV receiver includes a controller configured to dynamically alter one or more encryption settings based at least in part on user input provided to a mode toggle mechanism. The...