Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Willhite

Daniel L. Willhite 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: 8180834
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and subcombinations thereof for filtering received messages. The invention includes a client system having filtering logic, a statistical classifier module, and a classifier database. The classifier module is automatically trained, without manual intervention, when the score generated by the classifier for a received message is inconsistent with a user-defined authoritative status indication. In addition, the classifier module is initialized using user-identified messages in a ratio representative of the ratio of non-spam to spam messages received by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Andrew Kay, David Moore, Daniel L. Willhite, Linus Upson
  • Patent number: 8126895
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product provide a search module for searching digital data. The search module operates, according to an embodiment, by indexing stored data without interrupting use of the stored data, synchronizing the indexed data with data stored subsequent to the indexing step, searching at least one of the synchronized data and the indexed data, and outputting results of the searching step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Antony John Sargent, Erik Andrew Kay, David Moore, Daniel L. Willhite, Linus Upson
  • Publication number: 20080319917
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system are provided for bidding for position placement in a search result on time-limited resources. For example, an embodiment of the method includes receiving a bid for position placement of the time-limited resource in the search result, calculating the bid based on historical data of the time-limited resource, and ordering the search result based on the bid and relevance between a search term and attributes of the time-limited resource. In receiving the bid, the method can vary an amount of the bid for one or more time periods of interest, thus allowing flexibility for an owner/manager of the resource to offer bids for various time periods. The calculation of the bid is based on historical data of the resource, which can assess a likelihood that a consumer will click on a link associated with the resource, inquire further information on the resource, or book the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Keith Berenstein, Sandip Chokshi, David M. Moore, Antony Sargent, Rafael Z. Weinstein, Daniel L. Willhite