Patents by Inventor Carl Steven Botterill

Carl Steven Botterill 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: 7302584
    Abstract: An anti-computer virus system is used to enforce the banning of computer programs. A user is provided with a tool for creating their own banned computer program identifying data. The user-created data is then used to control the anti-virus system to identify banned computer programs and take appropriate banned computer program actions. The banned computer program identifying data can be encrypted with an organization's private PGP key such that it will only be capable of successful decryption and use upon computer systems within that organization bearing the corresponding public PGP encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Codel Lawson Tarbotton, Trevor Hugh Rice, Guy William Welch Roberts, Andrew John Peter Bidgood, Carl Steven Botterill
  • Publication number: 20020133710
    Abstract: A anti-computer virus system is used to enforce the banning of computer programs. A user is provided with a tool for creating their own banned computer program identifying data. The user-created data is then used to control the anti-virus system to identify banned computer programs and take appropriate banned computer program actions. The banned computer program identifying data can be encrypted with an organization's private PGP key such that it will only be capable of successful decryption and use upon computer systems within that organization bearing the corresponding public PGP encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Lee Codel Lawson Tarbotton, Trevor Hugh Rice, Guy William Welch Roberts, Andrew John Peter Bidgood, Carl Steven Botterill