Patents by Inventor Nicholas Howard Brown

Nicholas Howard Brown 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: 10742586
    Abstract: Information can be added to the headers of email messages to ensure the messages are delivered using encryption, without the user having to manage keys or perform the encryption. A user can select an option in an email program that causes a flag to be added to the message header. Each mail server along the delivery path can provide (or expose) information about the type(s) of encryption supported, and if the encryption is not sufficient then the message will not be delivered to that server. This ensures the transport will remain encrypted before delivering the message to the next hop along the path. If the message cannot be delivered encrypted then the message will not be transmitted past that point. An end user then only needs to click a button or perform another such action to ensure encrypted message delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Howard Brown, Gregory Branchek Roth
  • Publication number: 20190028511
    Abstract: Information can be added to the headers of email messages to ensure the messages are delivered using encryption, without the user having to manage keys or perform the encryption. A user can select an option in an email program that causes a flag to be added to the message header. Each mail server along the delivery path can provide (or expose) information about the type(s) of encryption supported, and if the encryption is not sufficient then the message will not be delivered to that server. This ensures the transport will remain encrypted before delivering the message to the next hop along the path. If the message cannot be delivered encrypted then the message will not be transmitted past that point. An end user then only needs to click a button or perform another such action to ensure encrypted message delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Howard Brown, Gregory Branchek Roth
  • Patent number: 10110629
    Abstract: A honeypot resource management service receives a request to provision one or more honeypot resources. In response to the request, the service identifies at least one computing resource service that is to be used to present the one or more honeypot resources. The service generates configuration information that is transmitted to the at least one computing resource service to cause the computing resource service to present the one or more honeypot resources to users in accordance with a set of parameters specified in the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Frederick Hingle Kruse, Hassan Sultan, Nicholas Howard Brown, James Leon Irving, Jr., Donald Lee Bailey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10075469
    Abstract: Information can be added to the headers of email messages to ensure the messages are delivered using encryption, without the user having to manage keys or perform the encryption. A user can select an option in an email program that causes a flag to be added to the message header. Each mail server along the delivery path can provide (or expose) information about the type(s) of encryption supported, and if the encryption is not sufficient then the message will not be delivered to that server. This ensures the transport will remain encrypted before delivering the message to the next hop along the path. If the message cannot be delivered encrypted then the message will not be transmitted past that point. An end user then only needs to click a button or perform another such action to ensure encrypted message delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Howard Brown, Gregory Branchek Roth
  • Patent number: 9906552
    Abstract: System load, such as load caused by a denial of service attack, is managed by requiring those requesting access to the system to provide proof of work. A system receives, from a requestor, a request for access to the system. Before the request can be processed, the system provides a challenge to the requestor. The requestor obtains a solution to the challenge and provides proof of having obtained the solution. The system verifies the correctness of the solution and, if the correct solution is verified, the system services the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Howard Brown, Gregory Branchek Roth, Gregory Alan Rubin
  • Patent number: 9471533
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for validating objects stored in a web cache. In one embodiment, a computing device caches objects received while accessing networked content over a network. The computing device generates a description of conditions associated with the caching of the objects. When the computing device accesses networked content via a second network, the computing device or a remote server connected thereto utilizes the description to determine whether an object in the cache is trusted or untrusted. The server manages a policy that defines rules for making the determination. The policy can be generated based on descriptions received from a plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Branchek Roth, Nicholas Howard Brown
  • Patent number: 9398066
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for validating objects stored in a web cache. In one embodiment, a computing device caches objects received while accessing networked content over a network. The computing device generates a description of conditions associated with the caching of the objects. When the computing device accesses networked content via a second network, the computing device or a remote server connected thereto utilizes the description to determine whether an object in the cache is trusted or untrusted. The server manages a policy that defines rules for making the determination. The policy can be generated based on descriptions received from a plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Branchek Roth, Nicholas Howard Brown