Patents by Inventor Jiandong Cheng
Jiandong Cheng 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).
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Publication number: 20190306192Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting email messages in which the sender is attempting to impersonate an email user of the target domain are provided. According to one embodiment, an email is received by a network security device protecting a private network. A value of at least one header field of the received email is parsed to extract a display name and an email address. A determination is made regarding whether the received email is associated with an external domain. When it is determined that the received email is associated with an external domain, then a further determination is made regarding whether the received email potentially involves sender impersonation based on a comparison of the display name with display names associated with users of the private network meeting a predetermined or configurable similarity threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Michael Xie, Jiandong Cheng, J. Brian MacGillivray
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Patent number: 9521114Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device receives an outbound email originated by a computing device of an internal network and directed to a target recipient. It is determined whether a domain name of the target recipient is present in a global doppelganger database. When the domain name is determined to be present in the global doppelganger database, transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is prevented if the domain name is an unacceptable domain name and transmission of the the outbound email to the target recipient is permitted if the domain name is an acceptable domain name.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Publication number: 20160255049Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device receives an outbound email originated by a computing device of an internal network and directed to a target recipient. It is determined whether a domain name of the target recipient is present in a global doppelganger database. When the domain name is determined to be present in the global doppelganger database, transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is prevented if the domain name is an unacceptable domain name and transmission of the the outbound email to the target recipient is permitted if the domain name is an acceptable domain name.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Patent number: 9413716Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device receives an outbound email originated by a computing device of an internal network and directed to a target recipient. It is determined whether a domain name of the target recipient is present in a global doppelganger database. When the domain name is determined to be present in the global doppelganger database, transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is prevented if the domain name is an unacceptable domain name and transmission of the the outbound email to the target recipient is permitted if the domain name is an acceptable domain name.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Publication number: 20150312214Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device receives an outbound email originated by a computing device of an internal network and directed to a target recipient. It is determined whether a domain name of the target recipient is present in a global doppelganger database. When the domain name is determined to be present in the global doppelganger database, transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is prevented if the domain name is an unacceptable domain name and transmission of the the outbound email to the target recipient is permitted if the domain name is an acceptable domain name.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: FORTINET, INC.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Patent number: 9130989Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device receives an outbound email originated by a computing device of an internal network and directed to a target recipient. It is determined whether a domain name of the target recipient is present in a global doppelganger database. When the domain name is determined to be present in the global doppelganger database, transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is prevented if the domain name is an unacceptable domain name and transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is permitted if the domain name is an acceptable domain name.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Publication number: 20150089627Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device receives an outbound email originated by a computing device of an internal network and directed to a target recipient. It is determined whether a domain name of the target recipient is present in a global doppelganger database. When the domain name is determined to be present in the global doppelganger database, transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is prevented if the domain name is an unacceptable domain name and transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is permitted if the domain name is an acceptable domain name.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Patent number: 8914883Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device evaluates whether a domain name of a target recipient of an outbound email is present in a local white list or a local black list. If it is found in the local white list, the email is transmitted to the target recipient. If it is found in the local black list, transmission of the email to the target recipient is prevented. When the domain name is not present in the local black list and the local whitelist, a global doppelganger database is checked. If it is found in the global doppelganger database, the email is handled according to a corresponding acceptability flag; otherwise, the validity of the domain name is dynamically verified and handled according to the verification result.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Publication number: 20140331318Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device evaluates whether a domain name of a target recipient of an outbound email is present in a local white list or a local black list. If it is found in the local white list, the email is transmitted to the target recipient. If it is found in the local black list, transmission of the email to the target recipient is prevented. When the domain name is not present in the local black list and the local whitelist, a global doppelganger database is checked. If it is found in the global doppelganger database, the email is handled according to a corresponding acceptability flag; otherwise, the validity of the domain name is dynamically verified and handled according to the verification result.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Carl M. Windsor, Jiandong Cheng
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Patent number: 8180837Abstract: Systems and methods for an anti-spam detection module that can detect image spam are provided. According to one embodiment, an image spam detection process involves determining and measuring various characteristics of images that may be embedded within or otherwise associated with an electronic mail (email) message. An approximate display location of the embedded images is determined. The existence of one or more abnormal factors associated with the embedded images is identified. A quantity of text included in the one or more embedded images is determined and measured by analyzing one or more blocks of binarized representations of the one or more embedded images. Finally, the likelihood that the email message is spam is determined based on one or more of the approximate display location, the existence of one or more abnormal factors and the quantity and location of text measured.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Jun Lu, Jiandong Cheng
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Publication number: 20090113003Abstract: Systems and methods for an anti-spam detection module that can detect image spam are provided. According to one embodiment, an image spam detection process involves determining and measuring various characteristics of images that may be embedded within or otherwise associated with an electronic mail (email) message. An approximate display location of the embedded images is determined. The existence of one or more abnormal factors associated with the embedded images is identified. A quantity of text included in the one or more embedded images is determined and measured by analyzing one or more blocks of binarized representations of the one or more embedded images. Finally, the likelihood that the email message is spam is determined based on one or more of the approximate display location, the existence of one or more abnormal factors and the quantity and location of text measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Jun Lu, Jiandong Cheng
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Publication number: 20090110233Abstract: Systems and methods for an anti-spam detection module that can detect image spam are provided. According to one embodiment, an image spam detection process involves determining and measuring various characteristics of images that may be embedded within or otherwise associated with an electronic mail (email) message. An approximate display location of the embedded images is determined. The existence of one or more abnormal factors associated with the embedded images is identified. A quantity of text included in the one or more embedded images is determined and measured by analyzing one or more blocks of binarized representations of the one or more embedded images. Finally, the likelihood that the email message is spam is determined based on one or more of the approximate display location, the existence of one or more abnormal factors and the quantity and location of text measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.Inventors: Jun Lu, Jiandong Cheng