Patents by Inventor L. Bradlee Sheafe

L. Bradlee Sheafe 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).

  • System for cyber investigation and data management
    Patent number: 8707180
    Abstract: A system for executing a cyber investigation by a non-expert user, including a computer having a processor, a memory, and a display; a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for execution of a wizard application, the processor adapted to execute the instructions when the computer-readable medium is inserted into the computer, the processor programmed to: receive case information; receive a type of activity being investigated in response to user inputs to select the activity type from a list of possible activity types; guide the user through capturing data related to the selected activity type through steps presented to the user through one or more screens shown in the display, the steps presented such that a non-expert user can follow them; receive user inputs through a screens to obtain information needed to continue capturing the data related to the selected activity; and store the captured data in a removable data storage device or medium for analysis and use in the cyber investigation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Randy L. Butler, L. Bradlee Sheafe, Von Welch
  • SYSTEM FOR CYBER INVESTIGATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20110041058
    Abstract: A system for executing a cyber investigation by a non-expert user, including a computer having a processor, a memory, and a display; a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for execution of a wizard application, the processor adapted to execute the instructions when the computer-readable medium is inserted into the computer, the processor programmed to: receive case information; receive a type of activity being investigated in response to user inputs to select the activity type from a list of possible activity types; guide the user through capturing data related to the selected activity type through steps presented to the user through one or more screens shown in the display, the steps presented such that a non-expert user can follow them; receive user inputs through a screens to obtain information needed to continue capturing the data related to the selected activity; and store the captured data in a removable data storage device or medium for analysis and use in the cyber investigation
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Randy L. Butler, L. Bradlee Sheafe, Von Welch