Patents by Inventor Charles Shotton

Charles Shotton 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).

  • Computer network virus protection system and method
    Patent number: 7913078
    Abstract: A network is protected from viruses through the use of a sacrificial server, which may be physical or virtual. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe Acrobat PDF and sent to the recipient. The sacrificial server is then checked for virus activity. After the execution is completed, the sacrificial server is rebooted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventors: Walter Mason Stewart, Marcelo Carrera, Robert G. Hook, Ronald Rust, Charles Shotton
  • Computer Network Virus Protection System and Method
    Publication number: 20080229416
    Abstract: A network is protected from viruses through the use of a sacrificial server, which may be physical or virtual. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe Acrobat PDF and sent to the recipient. The sacrificial server is then checked for virus activity. After the execution is completed, the sacrificial server is rebooted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: G. K. Webb Services LLC
    Inventors: Walter Mason Stewart, Marcelo Carrera, Robert G. Hook, Ronald Rust, Charles Shotton