Patents by Inventor Aleksander R. Kolcz

Aleksander R. Kolcz 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).

  • Campaign detection
    Patent number: 8966620
    Abstract: Campaign detection techniques are described. In implementations, a signature is computed for each of a plurality of emails to be communicated by a service provider to respective intended recipients. A determination is made that two or more of the plurality of emails is similar based on the respective signatures. Responsive to a finding that a number of similar emails exceeds a threshold, an indication is output that the similar emails have a likelihood of being involved in a spam campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hines, Mihai Costea, Yuxiang Xu, Harsh S. Dangayach, Krishna Vitaldevara, Eliot C. Gillum, Jason D. Walter, Aleksander R. Kolcz
  • Campaign Detection
    Publication number: 20110296524
    Abstract: Campaign detection techniques are described. In implementations, a signature is computed for each of a plurality of emails to be communicated by a service provider to respective intended recipients. A determination is made that two or more of the plurality of emails is similar based on the respective signatures. Responsive to a finding that a number of similar emails exceeds a threshold, an indication is output that the similar emails have a likelihood of being involved in a spam campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hines, Mihai Costea, Yuxiang Xu, Harsh S. Dangayach, Krishna Vitaldevara, Eliot C. Gillum, Jason D. Walter, Aleksander R. Kolcz