Patents by Inventor Eian D. Counts

Eian D. Counts 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: 8151106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate identifying messages generated on a mobile device while the device is offline as requiring encryption, storing the messages in a message outbox with a flag indicating that encryption is required, and identifying recipients of the flagged messages to generate a recipient list. The recipient list can be piggybacked on a server synchronization request when the mobile device enters a period of online activity, and a server can return public keys associated with identified recipients to permit an encryption component, such as a secure/multipurpose Internet mail extension protocol (S/MIME) encryption component, in the mobile device to encrypt the messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Garrett R. Vargas, Paul K. Kroman, Selvaraj Nalliah, Eian D. Counts, Gary W. Hall, Anoop Gupta
  • Publication number: 20100229051
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate identifying messages generated on a mobile device while the device is offline as requiring encryption, storing the messages in a message outbox with a flag indicating that encryption is required, and identifying recipients of the flagged messages to generate a recipient list. The recipient list can be piggybacked on a server synchronization request when the mobile device enters a period of online activity, and a server can return public keys associated with identified recipients to permit an encryption component, such as a secure/multipurpose Internet mail extension protocol (S/MIME) encryption component, in the mobile device to encrypt the messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Garrett R. Vargas, Paul K. Kroman, Eian D. Counts, Selvaraj Nalliah, Gary W. Hall, Anoop Gupta
  • Patent number: 7716479
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate identifying messages generated on a mobile device while the device is offline as requiring encryption, storing the messages in a message outbox with a flag indicating that encryption is required, and identifying recipients of the flagged messages to generate a recipient list. The recipient list can be piggybacked on a server synchronization request when the mobile device enters a period of online activity, and a server can return public keys associated with identified recipients to permit an encryption component, such as a secure/multipurpose Internet mail extension protocol (S/MIME) encryption component, in the mobile device to encrypt the messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Garrett R. Vargas, Paul K. Kroman, Selvaraj Nalliah, Eian D. Counts, Gary W. Hall, Anoop Gupta
  • Patent number: 7437573
    Abstract: Unsent messages are securely stored in a client by determining whether a connection to a server exists. If the connection exists, the message can be sent using the intended recipient's public key. In response to a determination that a connection from the client to a server does not exist, information from the client can be used to encrypt a modulated data signal that is to be sent from the client to the server. The encrypted modulated data signal is stored on the client. When a determination is made that a connection from the client to the server exists, information from the client is used to decrypt the encrypted modulated data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eian D. Counts, Garrett R. Vargas, Hsuan-Yu Jerry Lin