Patents by Inventor Harish Mohan Awasthi

Harish Mohan Awasthi 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: 9596604
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for securing wireless network devices improves the security of wireless networks and devices, such as Bluetooth networks and devices, to prevent security attacks on and hacking of such networks and devices. A method for secure wireless communications, comprises the steps of requesting a connection with a wireless device, determining whether the wireless device is trusted, determining a security policy of the wireless device, and establishing a connection with the wireless device if the wireless device is trusted and if the security policy of the wireless device is as expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Shinde, Harish Mohan Awasthi
  • Patent number: 9419927
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for scanning incoming emails reduces the server resources needed, which improves server throughput and reduces costs. A method for processing incoming email messages comprised the steps of scanning incoming email messages to obtain an address of a sender of each incoming email message and to determine whether the email message is spam, for each email message that is determined to be spam, incrementing a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of the email message, determining that a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold, and thereafter, discarding all incoming email messages from the sender for which the count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold without scanning the email messages to determine whether they are spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Shinde, Harish Mohan Awasthi
  • Publication number: 20160014607
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for securing wireless network devices improves the security of wireless networks and devices, such as Bluetooth networks and devices, to prevent security attacks on and hacking of such networks and devices. A method for secure wireless communications, comprises the steps of requesting a connection with a wireless device, determining whether the wireless device is trusted, determining a security policy of the wireless device, and establishing a connection with the wireless device if the wireless device is trusted and if the security policy of the wireless device is as expected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: RAJESH SHINDE, HARISH MOHAN AWASTHI
  • Patent number: 9148422
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for securing wireless network devices improves the security of wireless networks and devices, such as Bluetooth networks and devices, to prevent security attacks on and hacking of such networks and devices. A method for secure wireless communications, comprises the steps of requesting a connection with a wireless device, determining whether the wireless device is trusted, determining a security policy of the wireless device, and establishing a connection with the wireless device if the wireless device is trusted and if the security policy of the wireless device is as expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventors: Rajesh Shinde, Harish Mohan Awasthi
  • Publication number: 20130346528
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for scanning incoming emails reduces the server resources needed, which improves server throughput and reduces costs. A method for processing incoming email messages comprised the steps of scanning incoming email messages to obtain an address of a sender of each incoming email message and to determine whether the email message is spam, for each email message that is determined to be spam, incrementing a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of the email message, determining that a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold, and thereafter, discarding all incoming email messages from the sender for which the count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold without scanning the email messages to determine whether they are spam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Rajesh Shinde, Harish Mohan Awasthi
  • Patent number: 8577968
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for scanning incoming emails reduces the server resources needed, which improves server throughput and reduces costs. A method for processing incoming email messages comprised the steps of scanning incoming email messages to obtain an address of a sender of each incoming email message and to determine whether the email message is spam, for each email message that is determined to be spam, incrementing a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of the email message, determining that a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold, and thereafter, discarding all incoming email messages from the sender for which the count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold without scanning the email messages to determine whether they are spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Shinde, Harish Mohan Awasthi
  • Publication number: 20080134281
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for securing wireless network devices improves the security of wireless networks and devices, such as Bluetooth networks and devices, to prevent security attacks on and hacking of such networks and devices. A method for secure wireless communications, comprises the steps of requesting a connection with a wireless device, determining whether the wireless device is trusted, determining a security policy of the wireless device, and establishing a connection with the wireless device if the wireless device is trusted and if the security policy of the wireless device is as expected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Rajesh Shinde, Harish Mohan Awasthi
  • Publication number: 20080114843
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for scanning incoming emails reduces the server resources needed, which improves server throughput and reduces costs. A method for processing incoming email messages comprised the steps of scanning incoming email messages to obtain an address of a sender of each incoming email message and to determine whether the email message is spam, for each email message that is determined to be spam, incrementing a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of the email message, determining that a count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold, and thereafter, discarding all incoming email messages from the sender for which the count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message has exceeded a threshold without scanning the email messages to determine whether they are spam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Rajesh Shinde, Harish Mohan Awasthi