Patents by Inventor Curtis T. Johnstone

Curtis T. Johnstone 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: 9563782
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a controlling user to publish particular content. The method also includes determining at least one topic of the particular content. The method further includes allowing the controlling user to select need-to-know criteria, the need-to-know criteria comprising one or more thresholds relating to a prevalence of the at least one topic in logged conversations of a requesting user. In addition, the method includes allowing a controlling user to select a trust threshold, wherein the trust threshold relates, at least in part, to a quantitative analysis of logged behavior of a requesting user on the communications platform. Further, the method includes generating based, at least in part, on the need-to-know criteria and the trust threshold, a self-service access policy for the particular content. Also, the method includes activating the self-service access policy as to the particular content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Software Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Albert Brisebois, Curtis T. Johnstone, Olivier Le Rudulier
  • Publication number: 20160344672
    Abstract: A method for determining predictive response time for electronic mail across enterprise communication systems is described. In particular, the method includes collecting and subsequently analyzing communications of a particular recipient in order to determine a probability of a sender receiving a response from the recipient. In the event a response is probable, the method also determines a time frame when a response may be sent. In situations where the recipient is non-responsive, the method also provides a list of alternate recipients that the sender can communicate with, whereby the alternate recipients are more responsive than the original recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Michel Albert Brisebois, Curtis T. Johnstone, Andrew J. Leach, Catherine Helbig Dibble
  • Publication number: 20160308812
    Abstract: A network-based solution that provides enhanced management of migration and archiving operations may involve, as embodied in various systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media, performing a pre-transfer assessment on each of a plurality of accessed mailboxes designated for migration or archiving. Performing the pre-transfer assessment may include designating one or more emails for exclusion from the migration or archiving operation after applying transferability rules and exception rules to each email message contained in the assessed mailbox. The solution may involve notifying the user about the email messages designated for exclusion and performing one or more user selected actions on the email message or related attachment files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Curtis T. Johnstone, Tomas Willis
  • Publication number: 20160219008
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for dynamically partitioning a directory list to limit recipients to an appropriate context. More specifically, in certain embodiments the dynamic partitioning includes a first component which describes a priori categories. In certain embodiments, the a priori categories could include “inner circle” or “trusted advisors” categories. Other categories could include “friends of the DL” who only want occasional but relevant messages. In certain embodiments, these categories are created by a DL owner. However, in certain embodiments, members (e.g., recipients) could also change their own category. For example, a DL could have categories: All, Required participants, FYI participants, Managers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Dell Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel A. Brisebois, Tomas C. Willis, Curtis T. Johnstone
  • Patent number: 9349016
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining a user context of at least one user device currently accessing an enterprise communication platform. The method further includes selecting a dynamic data loss prevention (DLP) policy applicable to the at least one user device based, at least in part, on the user context. The dynamic DLP policy specifies one or more communication events of interest. In addition, the method includes monitoring communication events initiated by the at least one user device for the one or more communication events of interest. Moreover, the method includes, responsive to each communication event of interest: assessing the communication event of interest based, at least in part, on a content-based classification of a communication associated with the communication event of interest; and responsive to a risk assessment meeting certain criteria, taking at least one action specified by the dynamic DLP policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Software Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Albert Brisebois, Curtis T. Johnstone