Patents by Inventor Alexander Wade Campbell

Alexander Wade Campbell 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).

  • Publication number: 20170041293
    Abstract: Methods and systems for blocking unwanted software downloads within a network. Such methods may thereby prevent (i) downloads of spyware from one or more identified locations, and/or (ii) certain outbound communications from the network and/or may also permit software downloads only from specified locations. In general, the policies are defined by rules specified by a network administrator or other user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Wade Campbell, Lee Thomas Dolsen, Vilis Ositis, Cameron Charles Smith
  • Patent number: 9325738
    Abstract: Methods and systems for blocking unwanted software downloads within a network. Such methods may thereby prevent (i) downloads of spyware from one or more identified locations, and/or (ii) certain outbound communications from the network and/or may also permit software downloads only from specified locations. In general, the policies are defined by rules specified by a network administrator or other user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Wade Campbell, Lee Thomas Dolsen, Vilis Ositis, Cameron Charles Smith
  • Patent number: 8935376
    Abstract: In a system for delivering notifications to a network administrator's web browser during normal web browsing, a transaction state management module disposed between the web browser and the Internet tracks and manages various states of communications, a notification module stores notification messages, and an authentication module is configured to authenticate web page requests. Upon identifying the administrator through the authentication module, a client-side proxy temporarily stores the original HTTP request. A notification generator module constructs a notification data, and a special link to acknowledge the notice, which are returned to the web browser. Once the administrator selects the link, the original HTTP request is extracted from storage and forwarded by a server-side proxy to the original destination server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Wade Campbell
  • Publication number: 20130275491
    Abstract: In a system for delivering notifications to a network administrator's web browser during normal web browsing, a transaction state management module disposed between the web browser and the Internet tracks and manages various states of communications, a notification module stores notification messages, and an authentication module is configured to authenticate web page requests. Upon identifying the administrator through the authentication module, a client-side proxy temporarily stores the original HTTP request. A notification generator module constructs a notification data, and a special link to acknowledge the notice, which are returned to the web browser. Once the administrator selects the link, the original HTTP request is extracted from storage and forwarded by a server-side proxy to the original destination server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Alexander Wade Campbell
  • Patent number: 8316446
    Abstract: Methods and systems for blocking unwanted software downloads within a network. Such methods may thereby prevent (i) downloads of spyware from one or more identified locations, and/or (ii) certain outbound communications from the network and/or may also permit software downloads only from specified locations. In general, the policies are defined by rules specified by a network administrator or other user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Wade Campbell, Lee Thomas Dolsen, Vilis Ositis, Cameron Charles Smith
  • Publication number: 20090138573
    Abstract: Methods and systems for blocking unwanted software downloads within a network. Such methods may thereby prevent (i) downloads of spyware from one or more identified locations, and/or (ii) certain outbound communications from the network and/or may also permit software downloads only from specified locations. In general, the policies are defined by rules specified by a network administrator or other user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Alexander Wade Campbell, Lee Thomas Dolsen, Vilis Ositis, Cameron Charles Smith