Patents by Inventor Michael J. Mayer

Michael J. Mayer 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: 8769695
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining the probability that a given website is conducting or is related to fraudulent activity, including phishing activity. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to automatically monitoring and scoring URLs for fraudulent activity by parsing keywords, combinations of keywords, and other relevant data from an input communication, such as an email, and analyzing the data obtained against a database containing a plurality of grading factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Michael J. Mayer, David M. Andersen
  • Patent number: 8747740
    Abstract: Haloamine biocides are prepared via multi-step processes in an integrated apparatus comprising an electrochemical cell and a mixing chamber, wherein active halogen donor species are electrochemically generated and subsequently reacted with amine-containing compositions to form haloamine biocide. Haloamine biocides prepared according to such processes are used to treat liquids in order to inhibit, reduce, and/or control microorganism growth therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: David E. Sharoyan, Huai N. Cheng, Michael J. Mayer, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Patent number: 8745155
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for remotely collecting data stored by a user in one or more network storage areas residing on a network. For example, embodiments of the method involve utilizing a mapping tool to identify at least one network storage area associated with the user, utilizing a collection tool to access at least one network storage area via a network, copying the data stored on the at least one network storage area, and transmitting the data from the at least one network storage area to a collection server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Michael J. Mayer, Eric B. Hobart, Philip L. Richards
  • Patent number: 8688648
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for an enterprise-wide e-discovery system that provides for validity verification of electronic communications prior to subsequent processing, such as decryption or standardized format conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Michael J. Mayer
  • Publication number: 20140038970
    Abstract: This invention provides for certain bridged and fused compounds of the formula G-L-A??I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester of solvate thereof wherein: A is and the other variables are defined herein; the inventive compounds are agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40, also known as free fatty acid receptor FFAR). This invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds to regulate insulin levels in a mammal. The compounds may be used, for example in the prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and in the prevention and treatment of conditions related to Type 2 diabetes mellitus, such as insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: HUBERT B. JOSIEN, John W. Clader, William J. Greenlee, Michael J. Mayer, Jason L. Davis, Shuangyi Wan
  • Patent number: 8613859
    Abstract: Synergistic mixtures of haloamines and their use to control the growth of microorganisms in aqueous systems are disclosed. The method of using the synergistic mixtures entails adding an effective amount of a monohaloamine and an effective amount of a dihaloamine to an aqueous system. The ratio of monohaloamine to dihaloamine is selected to result in a synergistic biocidal effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Patent number: 8572376
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and computer program products are described herein for automatically decrypting electronic communication that is harvested from custodians in an enterprise-wide electronic discovery system. Automatic decryption provides for electronic communication that is encrypted to be decrypted, even in instances in which the system is not provided the password and/or decryption key(s) from the encrypting custodian. The automatic decryption process, which ensues prior to delivering data to the third party data analysis provider or the requesting party, allows for data that may otherwise be unavailable or incomprehensible to the third party or requester to be readily accessible. Thus, decryption of such data in a relatively efficient and automated manner is highly beneficial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Michael J. Mayer, Emerson D. Miller
  • Patent number: 8549327
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for a local collection tool that is configured to run as an authorized background service process. As such, the local collection tool of the present invention is capable of being executed in the absence of the device user's credentials. As a result, local collection can be accomplished without the user being present or covertly without the user's knowledge of collection process. Moreover, the back-up file generated by the collection tool may include encrypted data, which can automatically be decrypted by the collection entity through application of a master key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Emerson D. Miller, David M. Andersen
  • Patent number: 8504489
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. More specifically, embodiments relate to computer program products for predictive and automated coding of identical or highly similar documents for the purpose of limiting the volume of documents requiring review and thereby increasing the overall efficiency of the document review process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Benjamin Clark, Jeffrey V. Knox, Michael J. Mayer
  • Patent number: 8364681
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery and custodian management. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for an enterprise wide e-discovery system that provides for data to be identified, located, retrieved, preserved, searched, reviewed and produced in an efficient and cost-effective manner across the entire enterprise system. In addition, by structuring management of e-discovery based on case/matter, custodian and data and providing for linkage between the same, further efficiencies are realized in terms of identifying, locating and retrieving data and leveraging results of previous e-discoveries with current requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Eric B. Hobart, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Michael J. Mayer, John N. Whalen, Jr., Brian L. Toomey, David W. Stellhorn
  • Publication number: 20130013768
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for the management of custodians within an electronic discovery system. Embodiments of the invention herein disclosed provide for methods of creating, maintaining, and utilizing a unified custodian directory for the purposes of carrying out electronic discovery within an enterprise environment. By employing a unified custodian directory to manage custodians apart from the electronic discovery cases to which they relate, the custodian management system of the present invention promotes efficiencies in the field of electronic discovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Michael J. Mayer
  • Patent number: 8321860
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for remotely collecting data from the local storage of a machines. For example, embodiments of the method involve deploying a collection tool to the machine via a network, automatically installing the collection tool on the machine, generating a snapshot of the data, storing the snapshot in a storage area on the machine, and transmitting the data from the storage area to a remote collection server. Because the data is transmitted from the snapshot stored in the storage area rather than from the original data stored on the local storage of the machine, the data may be transmitted to the remote collection server without substantially affecting a user's ability to use the machine and interact with the data stored on the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Philip L. Richards, Michael J. Mayer, Eric B. Hobart
  • Patent number: 8224924
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for electronic discovery and, more particularly, remotely collecting a custodian's data that is stored in one or more network storage areas residing on a network. For example, embodiments of the present invention utilize a collection tool to access a mailbox residing on an email server, copy at least some of the active email data stored in the mailbox, and transmit the copied active email data from the mailbox to a collection server and then to a long-term storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Michael J. Mayer
  • Patent number: 8200635
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclosed relate to methods, systems and computer program products that provide an enterprise wide e-discovery system configured to search myriad data sources across an enterprise to identify electronic data relevant to a particular data request, harvest the relevant electronic data, filter the electronic data to identify request file types, transfer the request file types to a data store, and assign labels, such as barcodes, to the requested file types for the purpose of producing, in an organized fashion, all requested electronic data that is in the enterprise's possession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Brian L. Toomey, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Phillip L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20120016954
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for remotely collecting data stored by a user in one or more network storage areas residing on a network. For example, embodiments of the method involve utilizing a mapping tool to identify at least one network storage area associated with the user, utilizing a collection tool to access at least one network storage area via a network, copying the data stored on the at least one network storage area, and transmitting the data from the at least one network storage area to a collection server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Michael J. Mayer, Eric B. Hobart, Philip L. Richards
  • Patent number: 8086694
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for remotely collecting data stored by a user in one or more network storage areas residing on a network. For example, embodiments of the method involve utilizing a mapping tool to identify at least one network storage area associated with the user, utilizing a collection tool to access at least one network storage area via a network, copying the data stored on the at least one network storage area, and transmitting the data from the at least one network storage area to a collection server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Bank of America
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Michael J. Mayer, Eric B. Hobart, Philip L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20110159117
    Abstract: Synergistic mixtures of haloamines and their use to control the growth of microorganisms in aqueous systems are disclosed. The method of using the synergistic mixtures entails adding an effective amount of a monohaloamine and an effective amount of a dihaloamine to an aqueous system. The ratio of monohaloamine to dihaloamine is selected to result in a synergistic biocidal effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Publication number: 20110131225
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for automated straight-through processing in an electronic discovery system. Further, the embodiments described herein provide for electronic discovery processes, such as, but not limited to, data collection, barcoding, source-to-processing, quality control, third-party network data transfer and data analysis platform loading to be automatically initiated and performed in pipeline fashion. Once a process is completed on a dataset, the next process in the flow is automatically initiated unless exceptions are determined to exist. In addition, embodiments provide for prioritizing cases and conducting each process in the straight-through data processing based on the case prioritization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Hayden S. Johnson, Jay A. Johnson, Emerson D. Miller, Christopher D. Montrois, Brian L. Toomey
  • Publication number: 20100281536
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining the probability that a given website is conducting or is related to fraudulent activity, including phishing activity. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to automatically monitoring and scoring URLs for fraudulent activity by parsing keywords, combinations of keywords, and other relevant data from an input communication, such as an email, and analyzing the data obtained against a database containing a plurality of grading factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Michael J. Mayer, David M. Andersen
  • Patent number: 7820060
    Abstract: Synergistic mixtures of haloamines and their use to control the growth of microorganisms in aqueous systems are disclosed. The method of using the synergistic mixtures entails adding an effective amount of a monohaloamine and an effective amount of a dihaloamine to an aqueous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Freddie L. Singleton