Patents by Inventor Jerry Brett Earnest

Jerry Brett Earnest 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).

  • Method and system for comparing information contents
    Patent number: 7191166
    Abstract: The method and system disclosed herein provide for detecting duplicate information contents such as emails, before storing them in the system, in a fast and reliable way. A parameter that uniquely represents each information content may be determined, and the comparison process of the information contents may be efficiently carried out on the parameters, rather than on the actual information contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
    Inventor: Jerry Brett Earnest
  • Redundant email address detection and capture system
    Patent number: 6928465
    Abstract: A mechanism for automatically detecting such unwanted messages in real time, which is referred to herein as the Redundant Email Address Detection And Capture System (READACS) is disclosed. The READACS program assumes that incoming mail files have been written to disk in a file format that is somewhat consistent and/or predictable by the programmer. The task of READACS is to identify those email message files, locate an address-of-origin within those files, identify whether the email message should be considered spam, separate spam and non-spam email messages logically, and physically move or rename (or both) those email messages as desired by the programmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Jerry Brett Earnest
  • Method and system for comparing information contents
    Publication number: 20030163491
    Abstract: The method and system disclosed herein provide for detecting duplicate information contents such as emails, before storing them in the system, in a fast and reliable way. A parameter that uniquely represents each information content may be determined, and the comparison process of the information contents may be efficiently carried out on the parameters, rather than on the actual information contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Jerry Brett Earnest
  • Redundant email address detection and capture system
    Publication number: 20020184315
    Abstract: A mechanism for automatically detecting such unwanted messages in real time, which is referred to herein as the Redundant Email Address Detection And Capture System (READACS) is disclosed. The READACS program assumes that incoming mail files have been written to disk in a file format that is somewhat consistent and/or predictable by the programmer. The task of READACS is to identify those email message files, locate an address-of-origin within those files, identify whether the email message should be considered spam, separate spam and non-spam email messages logically, and physically move or rename (or both) those email messages as desired by the programmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Jerry Brett Earnest