Patents by Inventor Andrew Flury

Andrew Flury 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: 7970832
    Abstract: Interfaces for message delivery approaches are disclosed. The interface may include pages for administering accounts for senders, pages for administering message processing systems, and pages for viewing information about senders or message processing systems. In another aspect, automatic alert mechanisms are disclosed. The alert mechanisms send a message to one or more users or machines that have been registered to receive alerts. Alerts may be triggered by any event related to a sender, a message, or a message processing system or may be triggered by any other condition or event. In another aspect, techniques for automatically disabling senders are disclosed. The automatic disabling of a sender may be triggered by any event related to a sender, a message, or a message processing system or may be triggered by any other condition or event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Return Path, Inc.
    Inventors: George Thomas Perry, Jr., Andrew Flury, Scott Banister, Patrick R. Peterson, James F. Moore, Michael Varney Olivier
  • Publication number: 20100281535
    Abstract: Interfaces for message delivery approaches are disclosed. The interface may include pages for administering accounts for senders, pages for administering message processing systems, and pages for viewing information about senders or message processing systems. In another aspect, automatic alert mechanisms are disclosed. The alert mechanisms send a message to one or more users or machines that have been registered to receive alerts. Alerts may be triggered by any event related to a sender, a message, or a message processing system or may be triggered by any other condition or event. In another aspect, techniques for automatically disabling senders are disclosed. The automatic disabling of a sender may be triggered by any event related to a sender, a message, or a message processing system or may be triggered by any other condition or event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: George Thomas Perry, JR., Andrew Flury, Scott Banister, Patrick R. Peterson, James F. Moore, Michael Varney Olivier
  • Patent number: 7653695
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing information relating to electronic messages is provided. A first set of data related to one or more message senders is obtained from a first source, such as an email sever or email gateway. Each message sender has sent one or more electronic messages. A second set of data related to the one or more message senders is obtained from a second source. Message volume information that describes the messages sent by the one or more message senders for a period of time is determined based on the first set of data and the second set of data. The message volume information may be used to determine whether a particular message sent by a particular message sender is unsolicited. If a particular message is determined to be unsolicited, various actions may be performed on messages sent by the sender of the particular message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Ironport Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Flury, Scott Banister, Craig Sprosts, Patrick R. Peterson, Michael V. Olivier
  • Publication number: 20050193076
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing information relating to electronic messages is provided. A first set of data related to one or more message senders is obtained from a first source, such as an email sever or email gateway. Each message sender has sent one or more electronic messages. A second set of data related to the one or more message senders is obtained from a second source. Message volume information that describes the messages sent by the one or more message senders for a period of time is determined based on the first set of data and the second set of data. The message volume information may be used to determine whether a particular message sent by a particular message sender is unsolicited. If a particular message is determined to be unsolicited, various actions may be performed on messages sent by the sender of the particular message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Flury, Scott Banister, Craig Sprosts, Patrick Peterson, Michael Olivier