Patents by Inventor Bruce M. Clay

Bruce M. Clay 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).

  • E-MAIL CERTIFICATION SERVICE
    Publication number: 20110314283
    Abstract: A method is provided to handle an electronic mail message such that the receiver of the e-mail message can verify the integrity of the message. A request is provided from a sender's side to a service. The request includes information regarding the e-mail message. The service processes at least a portion of the request to generate a result. For example, the service may encrypt the portion of the request, according to a public/private key encryption scheme, to generate a digital signature as the result. The service provides the result to the sender's side. At the sender's side, the result is incorporated into the e-mail message and the result-incorporated message is transmitted via an e-mail system. At the receiver's side, the result-incorporated e-mail message is processed to assess the integrity of the received e-mail message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: FIRST INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter S. AVRITCH, Bruce M. CLAY, James R. DU MOLIN
  • E-mail certification service
    Patent number: 8032751
    Abstract: A method is provided to handle an electronic mail message such that the receiver of the e-mail message can verify the integrity of the message. A request is provided from a sender's side to a service. The request includes information regarding the e-mail message. The service processes at least a portion of the request to generate a result. For example, the service may encrypt the portion of the request, according to a public/private key encryption scheme, to generate a digital signature as the result. The service provides the result to the sender's side. At the sender's side, the result is incorporated into the e-mail message and the result-incorporated message is transmitted via an e-mail system. At the receiver's side, the result-incorporated e-mail message is processed to assess the integrity of the received e-mail message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: First Information Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Peter S. Avritch, Bruce M. Clay, James R. Du Molin
  • E-MAIL CERTIFICATION SERVICE
    Publication number: 20100088385
    Abstract: A method is provided to handle an electronic mail message such that the receiver of the e-mail message can verify the integrity of the message. A request is provided from a sender's side to a service. The request includes information regarding the e-mail message. The service processes at least a portion of the request to generate a result. For example, the service may encrypt the portion of the request, according to a public/private key encryption scheme, to generate a digital signature as the result. The service provides the result to the sender's side. At the sender's side, the result is incorporated into the e-mail message and the result-incorporated message is transmitted via an e-mail system. At the receiver's side, the result-incorporated e-mail message is processed to assess the integrity of the received e-mail message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: FIRST INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter S. AVRITCH, Bruce M. CLAY, James R. DU MOLIN
  • E-mail certification service
    Patent number: 7653816
    Abstract: A method is provided to handle an electronic mail message such that the receiver of the e-mail message can verify the integrity of the message. A request is provided from a sender's side to a service. The request includes information regarding the e-mail message. The service processes at least a portion of the request to generate a result. For example, the service may encrypt the portion of the request, according to a public/private key encryption scheme, to generate a digital signature as the result. The service provides the result to the sender's side. At the sender's side, the result is incorporated into the e-mail message and the result-incorporated message is transmitted via an e-mail system. At the receiver's side, the result-incorporated e-mail message is processed to assess the integrity of the received e-mail message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: First Information Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Peter S. Avritch, Bruce M. Clay, James R. Du Molin