Patents by Inventor Andrew F. Oliver

Andrew F. Oliver 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).

  • Approximate matching of strings for message filtering
    Patent number: 9471712
    Abstract: A method of determining whether a guarded term is represented in a message comprises associating a portion of the message with the guarded term and evaluating a cost of the association. A method of generating a collection of guarded terms that represents an original term comprises generating a plurality of variations of the original term, evaluating similarity of each of the plurality of variations with respect to the original term and determining whether the similarity meets a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: DELL SOFTWARE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Oliver, Andrew F. Oliver
  • Message distribution control
    Patent number: 9454672
    Abstract: A method of controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises receiving an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identifying content in the message to be protected, adding the identified content to a database of protected content, and determining whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content. A system for controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises a processor configured to receive an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identify content in the message to be protected, add the identified content to a database of protected content, and determine whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: DELL SOFTWARE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Oliver, Gleb Budman, Andrew F. Oliver, Eugene Koontz, Christine Drake
  • MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160277365
    Abstract: A method of controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises receiving an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identifying content in the message to be protected, adding the identified content to a database of protected content, and determining whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content. A system for controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises a processor configured to receive an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identify content in the message to be protected, add the identified content to a database of protected content, and determine whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Oliver, Gleb Budman, Andrew F. Oliver, Eugene Koontz, Christine Drake
  • MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150047055
    Abstract: A method of controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises receiving an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identifying content in the message to be protected, adding the identified content to a database of protected content, and determining whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content. A system for controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises a processor configured to receive an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identify content in the message to be protected, add the identified content to a database of protected content, and determine whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Oliver, Gleb Budman, Andrew F. Oliver, Eugene Koontz, Christine Drake
  • Message distribution control
    Patent number: 8886727
    Abstract: A method of controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises receiving an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identifying content in the message to be protected, adding the identified content to a database of protected content, and determining whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content. A system for controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises a processor configured to receive an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identify content in the message to be protected, add the identified content to a database of protected content, and determine whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: SonicWALL, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Oliver, Gleb Budman, Andrew F. Oliver, Eugene Koontz, Christine Drake
  • Identification of protected content in e-mail messages
    Patent number: 8713110
    Abstract: A method of controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises receiving an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identifying content in the message to be protected, adding the identified content to a database of protected content, and determining whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content. A system for controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises a processor configured to receive an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identify content in the message to be protected, add the identified content to a database of protected content, and determine whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: SonicWALL, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Oliver, Gleb Budman, Andrew F. Oliver, Eugene Koontz, Christine Drake