Patents by Inventor Bethel S. McMillan

Bethel S. McMillan 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).

  • Partial file encryption
    Patent number: 8542823
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for partially encrypting one or more portions of an electronic file and decrypting the partially encrypted file. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method partially encrypts an electronic file. The method identifies one or more portions of the electronic file to be encrypted. The one or more portions are identified based on metadata in the electronic file that designate the one or more portions to be encrypted. The method encrypts the identified one or more portions of the electronic file using encryption software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Luan K. Nguyen, William A. Strand, Jason A. Bliss, Geoffrey E. Endresen, Bethel S. McMillan