Patents by Inventor Douglas Norman Botham, Jr.

Douglas Norman Botham, Jr. 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).

  • Secure and controlled electronic document distribution arrangement
    Patent number: 6785812
    Abstract: Disclosed is an arrangement for secure and controlled electronic distribution of documents from a server (102) to clients (101) across an electronic network (100), e.g., the Internet. A client requests (200) authentication from the server. The server validates (202) the request and sends (206) a validation and encryption data (129) to the client to establish a secure communications connection with the client. The client returns (210) a request for a document accompanied by the client ID (131) to the server. The server validates (212) the request and uses the client ID to set (216) permissions of the client for the document. The server then uses the encryption data to encrypt (220) the document and its permissions, and sends (224) the encrypted information to the client. The client acknowledges (230) receipt of the document, decrypts (228) it by using the encryption data, and enforces (232) the permissions on the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Norman Botham, Jr., Gerald Ray Martinez