Patents by Inventor Ben Scholl

Ben Scholl 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).

  • Systems and methods for data loss prevention for text fields
    Patent number: 8887291
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for data loss prevention for text fields may include (1) identifying a form submission sent from a client system, the form submission including a textual field, (2) storing at least one characteristic of a value of the textual field within the form submission in connection with an identifier of a form used to generate the form submission, (3) determining, based at least in part on the characteristic of the value of the textual field, that the textual field may include user-generated content, (4) intercepting a subsequent form submission derived from the form, (5) subjecting the textual field within the subsequent form submission to a data-loss-prevention analysis based at least in part on determining that the textual field may include user-generated content and (6) performing a data-loss-prevention action based on the data-loss-prevention analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: John Mears, Ben Scholl