Patents by Inventor Craig E. Wills

Craig E. Wills 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).

  • Tailored protection of personally identifiable information
    Patent number: 9172706
    Abstract: A negotiation-based mechanism enables a user to share personally identifiable information with a requesting website, for example, a third party website such as an aggregator website that might be gathering information about the user. The user, rather than being limited to a pre-set collection of privacy options, is free to negotiate with the requesting website and agree to share more or less information with based on the user's trust of the requesting website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Balachander Krishnamurthy, Adam C. Bender, Craig E. Wills
  • Tailored Protection of Personally Identifiable Information
    Publication number: 20110126290
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a negotiation-based mechanism for a user to share personally identifiable information with a requesting website, for example, a third party website such as an aggregator website that might be gathering information about the user. The user, rather than being limited to a pre-set collection of privacy options, is free to agree to share more or less of their privacy with any website or subset of websites based on the user's trust of the requesting website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LLP
    Inventors: Balachander Krishnamurthy, Adam C. Bender, Craig E. Wills