Patents by Inventor Kimberly Irene Stegner

Kimberly Irene Stegner 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: 8082306
    Abstract: A system are blocks and filters e-mails at the enterprise level. Incoming e-mails having an incoming domain are received at an e-mail server. Incoming domains are compared to a list of blocked domains. in response to identifying the incoming domain within the list of blocked domains, the incoming e-mail is blocked from delivery to an intended recipient. Incoming domains are then compared to a first predefined category. If the incoming domain is identified within the first predefined category, the intended recipient is compared to the first distribution list. If the intended recipient is identified within the first distribution list, then the incoming e-mail is delivered to the intended recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Edmund Maresh, Eric Allen Stegner, Kimberly Irene Stegner
  • Publication number: 20100058308
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to computer systems and methods of integrating a central system and a satellite system for automatically updating software and providing diagnostics for a product system to be shipped to an end customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Christopher Demshur, Siaka Bamba Kromah, Brian DeAlt Oakley, Kenneth Robert Pressey, Eric Allen Stegner, Kimberly Irene Stegner
  • Publication number: 20090030989
    Abstract: Incoming e-mails having an incoming domain are received at an e-mail server. Incoming domains are compared to a list of blocked domains to determine whether the incoming e-mail is to be delivered. Incoming domain are further compared to at least one predefined category having a distribution list. If the intended recipient is not a member of the distribution list, the incoming e-mail is not delivered. Domains within the blocked domain list and the predefined categories are user suggested domains from previously received e-mails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Edmund Maresh, Eric Allen Stegner, Kimberly Irene Stegner