Patents by Inventor Christopher John Gabe

Christopher John Gabe 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).

  • Reputation-based method and system for determining a likelihood that a message is undesired
    Patent number: 10193898
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a reputation service for use in messaging environments employs a reputation of compiled statistics, representing whether SPAM messages have previously been received from respective a selected set of identifiers for the origin of the message, in a decision making process for newly received messages. In a preferred embodiment, the set of identifiers includes the IP address, a tuple of the domain and IP address and a tuple of the user and IP address and the set of identifiers allows for a relatively fine grained set of reputation metrics to be compiled and used when making a determination of a likelihood as to whether a received message is undesired in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher John Gabe
  • REPUTATION-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A LIKELIHOOD THAT A MESSAGE IS UNDESIRED
    Publication number: 20130347108
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a reputation service for use in messaging environments employs a reputation of compiled statistics, representing whether SPAM messages have previously been received from respective a selected set of identifiers for the origin of the message, in a decision making process for newly received messages. In a preferred embodiment, the set of identifiers includes the IP address, a tuple of the domain and IP address and a tuple of the user and IP address and the set of identifiers allows for a relatively fine grained set of reputation metrics to be compiled and used when making a determination of a likelihood as to whether a received message is undesired in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Christopher John Gabe
  • Reputation-based method and system for determining a likelihood that a message is undesired
    Patent number: 8527592
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a reputation service for use in messaging environments employs a reputation of compiled statistics, representing whether SPAM messages have previously been received from respective a selected set of identifiers for the origin of the message, in a decision making process for newly received messages. In a preferred embodiment, the set of identifiers includes the IP address, a tuple of the domain and IP address and a tuple of the user and IP address and the set of identifiers allows for a relatively fine grained set of reputation metrics to be compiled and used when making a determination of a likelihood as to whether a received message is undesired in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher John Gabe
  • REPUTATION-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A LIKELIHOOD THAT A MESSAGE IS UNDESIRED
    Publication number: 20080104180
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a reputation service for use in messaging environments employs a reputation of compiled statistics, representing whether SPAM messages have previously been received from respective a selected set of identifiers for the origin of the message, in a decision making process for newly received messages. In a preferred embodiment, the set of identifiers includes the IP address, a tuple of the domain and IP address and a tuple of the user and IP address and the set of identifiers allows for a relatively fine grained set of reputation metrics to be compiled and used when making a determination of a likelihood as to whether a received message is undesired in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher John Gabe