Patents by Inventor Craig E. Despaux

Craig E. Despaux 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).

  • Reducing duplication of files on a network
    Patent number: 7496604
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received digital file, comparing the digital signature against stored digital signatures of digital files accessible to the receiving system, and determining whether to store the received digital file and/or a location identifier for the stored version of the received digital file based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: AOL LLC
    Inventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Craig E. Despaux, Walter Scott Hall, III, Michael K. Adamski