Patents by Inventor Nina Bhanap

Nina Bhanap 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).

  • Apparatus and method for precluding e-mail distribution
    Patent number: 8429235
    Abstract: E-mail addresses are converted by a hashing function into hash codes. An e-mail mass mailer that can have millions of addresses hash codes all addresses to which a message might be sent to form a first list. An entity that wishes to exclude delivery of a message to various e-mail addresses, hash codes such addresses to form a second list. Hash codes in the first list that are also in the second list are purged from the first list to yield a third list of hash codes, each of which represents an e-mail address to which a message may be sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Quinstreet, Inc.
    Inventors: Bronwyn Syiek, Nina Bhanap, Rakesh Gowda, Ramesh Guntha
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRECLUDING E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20090132670
    Abstract: E-mail addresses are converted by a hashing function into hash codes. An e-mail mass mailer that can have millions of addresses hash codes all addresses to which a message might be sent to form a first list. An entity that wishes to exclude delivery of a message to various e-mail addresses, hash codes such addresses to form a second list. Hash codes in the first list that are also in the second list are purged from the first list to yield a third list of hash codes, each of which represents an e-mail address to which a message may be sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Bronwyn Syiek, Nina Bhanap, Rakesh Gowda, Ramesh Guntha
  • Apparatus and method for precluding e-mail distribution
    Publication number: 20050005164
    Abstract: E-mail addresses are converted by a hashing function into hash codes. An e-mail mass mailer that can have millions of addresses hash codes all addresses to which a message might be sent to form a first list. An entity that wishes to exclude delivery of a message to various e-mail addresses, hash codes such addresses to form a second list. Hash codes in the first list that are also in the second list are purged from the first list to yield a third list of hash codes, each of which represents an e-mail address to which a message may be sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Bronwyn Syiek, Nina Bhanap, Rakesh Gowda, Ramesh Guntha