Patents by Inventor Irfan Somani

Irfan Somani 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).

  • Patent number: 9967242
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques and apparatuses to facilitate message communication between registered entities of an email system and other non-registered entities. In one embodiment, a transport component executes on a logic circuit to receive a request to perform a function on an encrypted message. Information embedded in the request is identified to determine if the original request was sent by a registered entity. The embedded information is authenticated with information contained in an authentication information store associated with the original request and if the information is authenticated, the requested function is executed. In addition, if the requested function by the non-registered entity is to send an email message, rich scanning is performed on the email message to ensure the safety thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna K. Parthasarathy, Irfan Somani, Jinghua Chen, David Duan
  • Publication number: 20150215302
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques and apparatuses to facilitate message communication between registered entities of an email system and other non-registered entities. In one embodiment, a transport component executes on a logic circuit to receive a request to perform a function on an encrypted message. Information embedded in the request is identified to determine if the original request was sent by a registered entity. The embedded information is authenticated with information contained in an authentication information store associated with the original request and if the information is authenticated, the requested function is executed. In addition, if the requested function by the non-registered entity is to send an email message, rich scanning is performed on the email message to ensure the safety thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Krishna K. Parthasarathy, Irfan Somani, Jinghua Chen, David Duan