Patents by Inventor Erik Kay

Erik Kay 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).

  • Publication number: 20060095524
    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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Erik Kay, David Moore, Daniel Willhite, Linus Upson
  • Publication number: 20060080303
    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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Antony Sargent, Erik Kay, David Moore, Daniel Willhite, Linus Upson
  • Patent number: 6915271
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for defining, electronically distributing, dynamically displaying to a consumer, redeeming and clearing promotional incentives over a network. One or more parameters of the incentives may be dynamically determined by being dependent on one or more characteristics of the consumer including the location on the network where the incentive is being viewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: The Product Engine, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Meyer, Anthony N. Hoeber, Erik A. Kay, Stephen W. Bartlett