Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mark McSwain
  • System for securing electronic mail
    Patent number: 6745231
    Abstract: Encrypted e-mails that reside in e-mail service providers servers or a gateway machines can be compromised and deciphered with advances in technology for breaking encryption codes. Significant security can be achieved by encrypting the message, splitting message, and transmitting the individual fragments via a set of unique e-mail servers. At the receivers end, the message can be reconstructed from the individual pieces and then decrypted and displayed to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Nimrod Megiddo