Patents by Inventor Lorin R. Sutton
Lorin R. Sutton 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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Patent number: 7954155Abstract: An unwanted message may be identified by inspecting the payload portion of a message being communicated, comparing the characteristics of the payload portion with stored data indicating characteristics of other messages, and identifying a security condition based on a comparison of the message inspected. The characteristics inspected may include the payload portion of a message or the whole message when the characteristics are being compared against messages being exchanged on more than one local exchanging system. Furthermore, the characteristics of messages may be tracked for comparison against the characteristics of future messages. A threshold number of those characteristics may subsequently implicate a hostile security condition, even if a current comparison of these characteristics does not reach the threshold necessary to implicate a hostile security condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: AOL, Inc.Inventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Craig E. Despeaux, Michael K. Adamski
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Patent number: 7925615Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received digital file, comparing the digital signature against stored digital signatures of digital files accessible to the receiving system, and determining whether to store the received digital file and/or a location identifier for the stored version of the received digital file based on a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Craig E. Despeaux, Walter Scott Hall, III, Michael K. Adamski
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Patent number: 7870089Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received embedded digital resource, comparing the digital signature against stored digital signatures of digital resources accessible to the receiving system, and determining whether to store the received embedded digital resource and/or a location identifier for the stored version of the received embedded digital resource based on a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventors: Walter Scott Hall, III, Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Craig E. Despeaux
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Patent number: 7707261Abstract: An apparatus for classifying digital communications includes an interface module, an identification module, and a notification module. The interface module enables a recipient to perceive information relating to one or more digital communications received by the recipient. The identification module enables a first interface element capable of enabling the recipient to classify the digital communications among at least one category. The notification module notifies a network server of a classification received from the recipient using the first interface element.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Roy Ben-Yoseph
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Patent number: 7496604Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received digital file, comparing the digital signature against stored digital signatures of digital files accessible to the receiving system, and determining whether to store the received digital file and/or a location identifier for the stored version of the received digital file based on a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: AOL LLCInventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Craig E. Despaux, Walter Scott Hall, III, Michael K. Adamski
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Patent number: 7406506Abstract: An apparatus for classifying digital communications includes an interface module, an identification module, and a notification module. The interface module enables a recipient to perceive information relating to one or more digital communications received by the recipient. The identification module enables a first interface element capable of enabling the recipient to classify the digital communications among at least one category. The notification module notifies a network server of a classification received from the recipient using the first interface element.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: AOL LLCInventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Roy Ben-Yoseph
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Patent number: 7325249Abstract: An unwanted message may be identified by inspecting the payload portion of a message being communicated, comparing the characteristics of the payload portion with stored data indicating characteristics of other messages, and identifying a security condition based on a comparison of the message inspected. The characteristics inspected may include the payload portion of a message or the whole message when the characteristics are being compared against messages being exchanged on more than one local exchanging system. Furthermore, the characteristics of messages may be tracked for comparison against the characteristics of future messages. A threshold number of those characteristics may subsequently implicate a hostile security condition, even if a current comparison of these characteristics does not reach the threshold necessary to implicate a hostile security condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: AOL LLCInventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Craig E. Despeaux, Michael K. Adamski
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Patent number: 7222157Abstract: An apparatus for classifying digital communications includes an interface module, an identification module, and a notification module. The interface module enables a recipient to perceive information relating to one or more digital communications received by the recipient. The identification module enables a first interface element capable of enabling the recipient to classify the digital communications among at least one category. The notification module notifies a network server of a classification received from the recipient using the first interface element.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: AOL LLCInventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Roy Ben-Yoseph
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Publication number: 20030105716Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received digital file, comparing the digital signature against stored digital signatures of digital files accessible to the receiving system, and determining whether to store the received digital file and/or a location identifier for the stored version of the received digital file based on a result of the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Craig E. Despeaux, Walter Scott Hall, Michael K. Adamski
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Publication number: 20020162025Abstract: An unwanted message may be identified by inspecting the payload portion of a message being communicated, comparing the characteristics of the payload portion with stored data indicating characteristics of other messages, and identifying a security condition based on a comparison of the message inspected. The characteristics inspected may include the payload portion of a message or the whole message when the characteristics are being compared against messages being exchanged on more than one local exchanging system. Furthermore, the characteristics of messages may be tracked for comparison against the characteristics of future messages. A threshold number of those characteristics may subsequently implicate a hostile security condition, even if a current comparison of these characteristics does not reach the threshold necessary to implicate a hostile security condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Lorin R. Sutton, Craig E. Despeaux, Michael K. Adamski