Patents by Inventor Brett A. Tanzer

Brett A. Tanzer 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).

  • Educating users and enforcing data dissemination policies
    Patent number: 9323946
    Abstract: An authoring component determines the sensitivity of an authored document and generates a user interface conveying contextual educational information about data dissemination policies that apply to the document. The user interface also provides user input mechanisms that allow the user to provide inputs affect the enforcement of a given data dissemination policy on the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Brett A. Tanzer, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan, Lynn C. Ayres, Asaf Kashi
  • EDUCATING USERS AND ENFORCING DATA DISSEMINATION POLICIES
    Publication number: 20150026763
    Abstract: An authoring component determines the sensitivity of an authored document and generates a user interface conveying contextual educational information about data dissemination policies that apply to the document. The user interface also provides user input mechanisms that allow the user to provide inputs affect the enforcement of a given data dissemination policy on the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Brett A. Tanzer, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan, Lynn C. Ayres, Asaf Kashi
  • Educating users and enforcing data dissemination policies
    Patent number: 8880989
    Abstract: An authoring component determines the sensitivity of an authored document and generates a user interface conveying contextual educational information about data dissemination policies that apply to the document. The user interface also provides user input mechanisms that allow the user to provide inputs affect the enforcement of a given data dissemination policy on the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventors: Brett A. Tanzer, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan, Lynn C. Ayres, Asaf Kashi
  • EDUCATING USERS AND ENFORCING DATA DISSEMINATION POLICIES
    Publication number: 20130198618
    Abstract: An authoring component determines the sensitivity of an authored document and generates a user interface conveying contextual educational information about data dissemination policies that apply to the document. The user interface also provides user input mechanisms that allow the user to provide inputs affect the enforcement of a given data dissemination policy on the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brett A. Tanzer, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan, Lynn C. Ayres, Asaf Kashi
  • Optimization of distributed anti-virus scanning
    Patent number: 7865965
    Abstract: Techniques for optimizing distributed anti-virus (AV) scanning are described. In one implementation, a message is received into a multi-node network that includes a plurality of distributed scanning tools. An acceptable scanning policy threshold is determined that is representative of a plurality of individual scanning policy configurations of the plurality of scanning tools. A determination is made whether the message has previously been scanned to the acceptable scanning policy threshold based on a single valued element. If the message has been previously scanned, the message is allowed to be communicated. Otherwise, the message is scanned at the acceptable scanning policy threshold. If the scanning is successful, then the message is marked as having been scanned, and is allowed to be communicated. If the scanning is unsuccessful, the message is prevented from being communicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Kramer, Edward W. Schaefer, Brett A. Tanzer, Christopher De Luca
  • Optimization of Distributed Anti-Virus Scanning
    Publication number: 20080313733
    Abstract: Techniques for optimizing distributed anti-virus (AV) scanning are described. In one implementation, a message is received into a multi-node network that includes a plurality of distributed scanning tools. An acceptable scanning policy threshold is determined that is representative of a plurality of individual scanning policy configurations of the plurality of scanning tools. A determination is made whether the message has previously been scanned to the acceptable scanning policy threshold based on a single valued element. If the message has been previously scanned, the message is allowed to be communicated. Otherwise, the message is scanned at the acceptable scanning policy threshold. If the scanning is successful, then the message is marked as having been scanned, and is allowed to be communicated. If the scanning is unsuccessful, the message is prevented from being communicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Kramer, Edward W. Schaefer, Brett A. Tanzer, Christopher De Luca