Patents by Inventor George E. Roussos

George E. Roussos 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: 11665177
    Abstract: An enhanced email service that mitigates drawbacks of conventional email services by enabling transmission of encrypted content to a recipient regardless of the recipient having a prior relationship with the sender or having credentials issued from a certificate authority. A method is provided for receiving encrypted content and generating a message includes both the encrypted content as an attachment and a link to enable access to the encrypted content. The method may include transmitting the message to an intended recipient's mailbox while also storing the message in another mailbox to provide for subsequent decryption of the encrypted content. The link may provide the intended recipient of the message with access to the encrypted content in various ways depending on, for example, whether the recipient is viewing the message through a webmail browser or through a local mail client that is compatible with the enhanced email service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy, George E. Roussos, Hao Zhang, Christopher S. Dickens, Salil Kapoor, Vinh Trinh
  • Patent number: 11425141
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein enable a system to reduce user authentication requirements during a user's travels by analyzing transportation data and/or event data sent to the user via a communication service, e.g. email. The system may analyze the data in order to determine where the user will be at some future time and, ultimately, to then validate access requests against such determinations to mitigate the need for heightened user authentication requirements while the user is traveling. For instance, the system may identify an airline reservation sent to the user and enable the user to confirm that she has corresponding travel plans. Once she confirms her travel plans, the system may refrain from increasing authentication requirements from Single-Factor Authentication (SFA) to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) input requirements for access requests that match the confirmed travel plans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: George E. Roussos, Christopher S. Dickens
  • Publication number: 20210314330
    Abstract: An enhanced email service that mitigates drawbacks of conventional email services by enabling transmission of encrypted content to a recipient regardless of the recipient having a prior relationship with the sender or having credentials issued from a certificate authority. A method is provided for receiving encrypted content and generating a message includes both the encrypted content as an attachment and a link to enable access to the encrypted content. The method may include transmitting the message to an intended recipient's mailbox while also storing the message in another mailbox to provide for subsequent decryption of the encrypted content. The link may provide the intended recipient of the message with access to the encrypted content in various ways depending on, for example, whether the recipient is viewing the message through a webmail browser or through a local mail client that is compatible with the enhanced email service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy, George E. Roussos, Hao Zhang, Christopher S. Dickens, Salil Kapoor, Vinh Trinh
  • Patent number: 11044259
    Abstract: An enhanced email service that mitigates drawbacks of conventional email services by enabling transmission of encrypted content to a recipient regardless of the recipient having a prior relationship with the sender or having credentials issued from a certificate authority. A method is provided for receiving encrypted content and generating a message includes both the encrypted content as an attachment and a link to enable decrypted access to the decrypted content. The method may include transmitting the message to an intended recipient's mailbox while also storing the message in an organizational mailbox to provide for subsequent decryption of the encrypted content. The link may provide the intended recipient of the message with decrypted access to the encrypted content in various ways depending on, for example, whether the recipient is viewing the message through a webmail browser or through a local mail client that is compatible with the enhanced email service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy, George E. Roussos, Hao Zhang, Christopher S. Dickens, Salil Kapoor, Vinh Trinh
  • Publication number: 20200099695
    Abstract: An enhanced email service that mitigates drawbacks of conventional email services by enabling transmission of encrypted content to a recipient regardless of the recipient having a prior relationship with the sender or having credentials issued from a certificate authority. A method is provided for receiving encrypted content and generating a message includes both the encrypted content as an attachment and a link to enable decrypted access to the decrypted content. The method may include transmitting the message to an intended recipient's mailbox while also storing the message in an organizational mailbox to provide for subsequent decryption of the encrypted content. The link may provide the intended recipient of the message with decrypted access to the encrypted content in various ways depending on, for example, whether the recipient is viewing the message through a webmail browser or through a local mail client that is compatible with the enhanced email service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar PARTHASARATHY, George E. ROUSSOS, Hao ZHANG, Christopher S. DICKENS, Salil KAPOOR, Vinh TRINH
  • Publication number: 20190349387
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein enable a system to reduce user authentication requirements during a user's travels by analyzing transportation data and/or event data sent to the user via a communication service, e.g. email. The system may analyze the data in order to determine where the user will be at some future time and, ultimately, to then validate access requests against such determinations to mitigate the need for heightened user authentication requirements while the user is traveling. For instance, the system may identify an airline reservation sent to the user and enable the user to confirm that she has corresponding travel plans. Once she confirms her travel plans, the system may refrain from increasing authentication requirements from Single-Factor Authentication (SFA) to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) input requirements for access requests that match the confirmed travel plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: George E. Roussos, Christopher S. Dickens
  • Patent number: 10419448
    Abstract: An enhanced email service that mitigates drawbacks of conventional email services by enabling transmission of encrypted content to a recipient regardless of the recipient having a prior relationship with the sender or having credentials issued from a certificate authority. A method is provided for receiving encrypted content and generating a message includes both the encrypted content as an attachment and a link to enable decrypted access to the decrypted content. The method may include transmitting the message to an intended recipient's mailbox while also storing the message in an organizational mailbox to provide for subsequent decryption of the encrypted content. The link may provide the intended recipient of the message with decrypted access to the encrypted content in various ways depending on, for example, whether the recipient is viewing the message through a webmail browser or through a local mail client that is compatible with the enhanced email service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy, George E. Roussos, Hao Zhang, Christopher S. Dickens, Salil Kapoor, Vinh Trinh
  • Patent number: 10313357
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein enable a system to reduce user authentication requirements during a user's travels by analyzing transportation data and/or event data sent to the user via a communication service, e.g. email. The system may analyze the data in order to determine where the user will be at some future time and, ultimately, to then validate access requests against such determinations to mitigate the need for heightened user authentication requirements while the user is traveling. For instance, the system may identify an airline reservation sent to the user and enable the user to confirm that she has corresponding travel plans. Once she confirms her travel plans, the system may refrain from increasing authentication requirements from Single-Factor Authentication (SFA) to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) input requirements for access requests that match the confirmed travel plans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: George E. Roussos, Christopher S. Dickens
  • Publication number: 20180205741
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein enable a system to reduce user authentication requirements during a user's travels by analyzing transportation data and/or event data sent to the user via a communication service, e.g. email. The system may analyze the data in order to determine where the user will be at some future time and, ultimately, to then validate access requests against such determinations to mitigate the need for heightened user authentication requirements while the user is traveling. For instance, the system may identify an airline reservation sent to the user and enable the user to confirm that she has corresponding travel plans. Once she confirms her travel plans, the system may refrain from increasing authentication requirements from Single-Factor Authentication (SFA) to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) input requirements for access requests that match the confirmed travel plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: George E. Roussos, Christopher S. Dickens
  • Publication number: 20180198799
    Abstract: An enhanced email service that mitigates drawbacks of conventional email services by enabling transmission of encrypted content to a recipient regardless of the recipient having a prior relationship with the sender or having credentials issued from a certificate authority. A method is provided for receiving encrypted content and generating a message includes both the encrypted content as an attachment and a link to enable decrypted access to the decrypted content. The method may include transmitting the message to an intended recipient's mailbox while also storing the message in an organizational mailbox to provide for subsequent decryption of the encrypted content. The link may provide the intended recipient of the message with decrypted access to the encrypted content in various ways depending on, for example, whether the recipient is viewing the message through a webmail browser or through a local mail client that is compatible with the enhanced email service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar PARTHASARATHY, George E. ROUSSOS, Hao ZHANG, Christopher S. DICKENS, Salil KAPOOR, Vinh TRINH
  • Publication number: 20120144390
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique significantly reduces the time required to configure software images deployed from a golden reference machine to destination machines. Time is saved by applying a priori knowledge of the configuration of the intended destination machines and omitting normally run configuration steps known to be non-essential or irrelevant to the destination machines. This technique is particularly advantageous when the destination machines are virtual machines, as time-consuming commands for configuring hardware on the destination machines can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Farmer, Angad Kamat, George E. Roussos, Chad Richard Siefert, Olga B. Ivanova