Patents by Inventor Caskey L. Dickson

Caskey L. Dickson 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: 8949981
    Abstract: Techniques for providing protection against unsafe links on a social networking website are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing protection against unsafe links on a social networking website comprising: receiving, from the social networking website, user profile data associated with a user of the social networking website, scanning, from the user profile data, a plurality of links, accessing a safety rating for each of the plurality of links, and outputting, to a client device associated with the user, a link analysis report that indicates the safety rating of one or more of the plurality of links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Rowan Trollope, Chandrasekhar Cidambi, Lipphei Adam, Caskey L. Dickson
  • Patent number: 7080117
    Abstract: System and method for exchanging intellectual capital. The present invention provides an exchange that matches buyers and sellers of knowledge and ideas. A reputation rating system is provided so that buyers (i.e., clients) can obtain the highest average quality of response at a given price. When a job is posted by a client, it is first shown to the highest rated sellers (members of the exchange). As time passes, lower rated members are shown the job until the quota of responses or the deadline is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventors: Robert de Pinto, Caskey L. Dickson
  • Publication number: 20020194112
    Abstract: System and method for exchanging intellectual capital. The present invention provides an exchange that matches buyers and sellers of knowledge and ideas. A reputation rating system is provided so that buyers (i.e., clients) can obtain the highest average quality of response at a given price. When a job is posted by a client, it is first shown to the highest rated sellers (members of the exchange). As time passes, lower rated members are shown the job until the quota of responses or the deadline is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Robert dePinto, Caskey L. Dickson