Patents by Inventor Jerry Curtis Winkel

Jerry Curtis Winkel 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: 7738127
    Abstract: Techniques for issuing proximity warnings for services are provided. A first location associated with a requestor that makes a request to a remote service is determined. A second location associated with the remote service is resolved. The first and second locations are compared. In response to the compare, a decision is made as to whether a warning message is issued to the requestor or as to whether the request is passed through to the remote service for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Curtis Winkel, Kenneth Allen Frost
  • Patent number: 7529940
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and data structures are provided for selectively securing data within a message. A single message includes data. The data can be text data, attachment data, audio data, image data, or video data. Portions of the data are selectively identified with intended recipients. Multiple versions of the message are produced using the selective portions of the data. Each appropriate version of the message is delivered to the intended recipients. In one embodiment, the selective portions of the data are presented as links in the versions of the message, such that when an intended recipient accesses the link, the accessing recipient is first authenticated before being granted access to the selective portions of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Curtis Winkel, Eugene Kenneth Davis