Patents by Inventor Michael J. Wallent

Michael J. Wallent 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: 6567918
    Abstract: A system and method of saving a Web page from a Web site on an Internet to a computer-readable medium is disclosed. A Web page is downloaded from the Internet to the computer-readable medium. The Internet address for the Web page is stored on the computer-readable medium. When the Web page is opened from the computer-readable medium, the Internet address is used to identify a security context for the Web page. By using the Internet address to identify the security context for the Web page, the system and method of the present invention allows users to securely view and execute Web pages downloaded from the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sean L. Flynn, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Eric J. Hennings, Ray Sun, Michael J. Wallent, Eric R. Berman, Sanjay G. Shenoy
  • Patent number: 6366912
    Abstract: A computer based system and method of providing security when receiving digital data at a client computer from one or more Web sites is disclosed. The method includes receiving security configuration information that specifies multiple security zones, each zone corresponding to a set of Web sites. The security configuration information also includes information specifying a set of security settings corresponding to each security zone. A security setting is a specification indicating an action to perform when a Web page from one of the security zones requests a protected operation to be performed. During a Web browsing session, the mechanism of the invention determines the security zone corresponding to the Web site currently being browsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Wallent, Rajeev Dujari, Anand Ramakrishna, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Lewis Geer