Patents by Inventor Mark Crichton

Mark Crichton 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: 9282070
    Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for calculating a dynamic delay for an email message, the method including receiving an indication of an email message being created by a user, identifying one or more characteristics of the email message in response to receiving the indication, determining an impact associated with the email message based on one or more of the identified one or more characteristics of the email message or one or more behavioral information regarding the user sending the email message, determining a customized delay for the email message based on the determined impact, the delay comprising a length of time and delivering the email message to one or more recipients of the email message after the length of time has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Frances Bordwell Haugen, Daniel Mark Crichton
  • Publication number: 20150195232
    Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for calculating a dynamic delay for an email message, the method including receiving an indication of an email message being created by a user, identifying one or more characteristics of the email message in response to receiving the indication, determining an impact associated with the email message based on one or more of the identified one or more characteristics of the email message or one or more behavioral information regarding the user sending the email message, determining a customized delay for the email message based on the determined impact, the delay comprising a length of time and delivering the email message to one or more recipients of the email message after the length of time has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Frances Bordwell Haugen, Daniel Mark Crichton
  • Patent number: 8526677
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a stereoscopic camera that generates 3D image data of a surrounding environment of the mobile device, a GPS module that determines a GPS location of the surrounding environment, a communication module that receives from a remote server a map of the surrounding environment based on the GPS location of the surrounding environment, and a processor. The processor determines a location of at least one object in the surrounding environment based on the 3D image data, compares the map of the surrounding environment with the location of the at least one object in the surrounding environment, and determines a current location of the mobile device on the map within the surrounding environment based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Mark Crichton, Frances Haugen
  • Patent number: 8060922
    Abstract: A method of allowing a user to authenticate to an authentication service while isolating information associated with the user from the authentication service includes generating a service user identifier (SUID) associated with an authentication code source, a subscribing site and an authentication service. The method includes creating an association of the SUID with the information associated with the user, and isolating the association within the subscribing site. The method includes providing an authentication code generated by the authentication code-generating device from the user to the subscribing site, and providing the authentication code along with the SUID and information identifying the subscribing site to the authentication service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Crichton, James J. Townsend
  • Publication number: 20060174104
    Abstract: A method of allowing a user to authenticate to an authentication service while isolating information associated with the user from the authentication service includes generating a service user identifier (SUID) associated with an authentication code source, a subscribing site and an authentication service. The method includes creating an association of the SUID with the information associated with the user, and isolating the association within the subscribing site. The method includes providing an authentication code generated by the authentication code-generating device from the user to the subscribing site, and providing the authentication code along with the SUID and information identifying the subscribing site to the authentication service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: RSA Security Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Crichton, James Townsend