Patents by Inventor Bruce Eric Brown

Bruce Eric Brown 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).

  • Variable trust levels for authentication
    Patent number: 7086085
    Abstract: A level of trust is determined based on a combination of scores for one or more successful authentications. Scores indicate relative degrees of reliability for authentications, so that differing authentication methods may correspond to different scores. The determined level of trust can then be used to allow or deny access to a resource, and can be used to specify the type of access that is allowed, if applicable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce E Brown, Aaron M Brown, Bruce-Eric Brown, II
  • Data retrieval, manipulation and transmission with facsimile images
    Patent number: 6167439
    Abstract: A data processing system is coupled to a facsimile device which receives and transmits facsimile images between the data processing system and a telephone line. The data processing system includes the capability to receive a facsimile image, interpret certain images as specified commands for the data processor, and to retrieve, manipulate and transmit data in response to the specified commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Kodak Limited
    Inventors: Stephen R. Levine, Alex J. Harui, Michael W. Schirpke, Stephen P. Boylan, Karen Donoghue, Mary Jane Boyd, Donna Ajgaonkar, Charles Paress, David J. Angel, Chia-Chuan Hsiao, Kenneth C. Knowlton, Bruce Eric Brown