Patents by Inventor Oliver Hericourt

Oliver Hericourt 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).

  • System and method for downloading a virus-free file certificate from a file server
    Patent number: 7099916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to computer viruses and more particularly to a method and system for requesting a virus-free certificate associated with a file of a file server and downloading this virus-free file certificate or a file including this virus-free file certificate from the file server. The method, for use in a client system (100), comprises the steps of: sending (401) a request to a file server for a virus-free certificate associated with a file to download from the file server, the request comprising one or a plurality of requirements (301 . . . 307) for the virus-free certificate; downloading (403) the file and the associated virus-free certificate, the virus-free certificate comprising a file signature (207) for certifying that the file is declared virus-free by a virus-free certificate authority (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Hericourt, Jean Francois Le Pennec