Patents by Inventor Paul Judge
Paul Judge 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).
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Publication number: 20120174219Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for assigning a reputation to a messaging entity by analyzing the attributes of the entity, correlating the attributes with known attributes to define relationships between entities sharing attributes, and attributing a portion of the reputation of one related entity to the reputation of the other related entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: MCAFEE, INC.Inventors: Alejandro Manuel Hernandez, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck, Jonathan Alexander Zdziarski
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Patent number: 8214497Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning reputation to communications entities include collecting communications data from distributed agents, aggregating the communications data, analyzing the communications data and identifying relationships between communications entities based upon the communications data.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Tomo Foote-Lennox, Jeremy Gould, Paula Greve, Alejandro Manuel Hernandez, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Tim Lange, Phyllis Adele Schneck, Martin Stecher, Yuchun Tang, Aarjav Jyotindra Neeta Trivedi, Lamar Lorenzo Willis, Weilai Yang, Jonathan Alexander Zdziarski
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Patent number: 8179798Abstract: Systems and methods for reputation based connection determinations are provided. Systems used for reputation based connection throttling can include a communications interface, a reputation engine and a connection control engine. The communications interface can receive connection requests associated with an external entity prior to a connection being established to the external entity. The reputation engine can derive a reputation associated with the external entity. The connection control engine can allow or deny connection requests to a protected network based upon the derived reputation of the external entity.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck, Aarjav Jyotindra Neeta Trivedi, Weilai Yang
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Publication number: 20120110672Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for biasing a reputation score. A communication having data that identifies a plurality of biasing characteristics related to a messaging entity associated with the communication is received. The identified plurality of biasing characteristics related to the messaging entity associated with the communication based upon a plurality of criteria are analyzed, and a reputation score associated with the messaging entity is biased based upon the analysis of the identified plurality of biasing characteristics related to the messaging entity associated with the communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: MCAFEE, INC.Inventors: Paul Judge, Matt Moyer, Guru Rajan, Dmitri Alperovitch
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Patent number: 8132250Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors that classify communications from messaging entities. A method can include receiving a communication that was sent from a messaging entity. A plurality of message classification techniques is used to classify the communication. Each message classification technique is associated with a confidence value which is used in generating a message classification output from the message classification technique. The message classification outputs are combined in order to generate a message profile score. The message profile score is used in deciding what action is to be taken with respect to the communication associated with the messaging entity.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Paul Judge, Guru Rajan, Dmitri Alperovitch, Matt Moyer, Sven Krasser
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Publication number: 20120011252Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for prioritizing transmission among a plurality of data streams based upon a classification associated with the data packets associated with each of the plurality of data streams, respectively. Systems and methods can operate to allocate bandwidth to priority data streams first and recursively allocate remaining bandwidth to lesser priority data streams based upon the priority associated with those respective lesser priority data streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: McAfee, IncInventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Paula Greve, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck
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Patent number: 8069481Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting unsolicited and threatening communications and communicating threat information related thereto. Threat information is received from one or more sources; such sources can include external security databases and threat information data from one or more application and/or network layer security systems. The received threat information is reduced into a canonical form. Features are extracted from the reduced threat information; these features in conjuntion with configuration data such as goals are used to produce rules. In some embodiments, these rules are tested against one or more sets of test data and compared against the same or different goals; if one or more tests fail, the rules are refined until the tests succeed within an acceptable margin of error. The rules are then propagated to one or more application layer security systems.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventor: Paul Judge
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Publication number: 20110289582Abstract: An apparatus and system for scoring and grading websites and method of operation. An apparatus receives one or more Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI), requests and receives a resource such as a webpage, and observes the behaviors of an enhanced browser emulator as controlled by javascript provided by the webpage. The enhanced browser emulator tracks behaviors which when aggregated imply malicious intent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: BARRACUDA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: NIDHI GOVINDRAM KEJRIWAL, PAUL JUDGE
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Publication number: 20110265575Abstract: A system is provided for estimating a condition of a non-conductive hollow structure exposed to a lightning strike. The structure has an internal cavity. The system includes a pressure transducer to measure a pressure of an acoustic wave generated within the internal cavity due to the lightning strike. The system further includes a controller coupled to the pressure transducer, to receive the measured pressure from the pressure transducer, and to process the condition of the structure, based on the measured pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Glen Peter Koste, Boon Lee, Robert Murray, Yaru Mendez Hernandez, Paul Judge
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Patent number: 8045458Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for prioritizing transmission among a plurality of data streams based upon a classification associated with the data packets associated with each of the plurality of data streams, respectively. Systems and methods can operate to allocate bandwidth to priority data streams first and recursively allocate remaining bandwidth to lesser priority data streams based upon the priority associated with those respective lesser priority data streams.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Paula Greve, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck
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Patent number: 8042181Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting unsolicited and threatening communications and communicating threat information related thereto. Threat information is received from one or more sources; such sources can include external security databases and threat information data from one or more application and/or network layer security systems. The received threat information is reduced into a canonical form. Features are extracted from the reduced threat information; these features in conjunction with configuration data such as goals are used to produce rules. In some embodiments, these rules are tested against one or more sets of test data and compared against the same or different goals; if one or more tests fail, the rules are refined until the tests succeed within an acceptable margin of error. The rules are then propagated to one or more application layer security systems.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventor: Paul Judge
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Patent number: 8042149Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting unsolicited and threatening communications and communicating threat information related thereto. Threat information is received from one or more sources; such sources can include external security databases and threat information data from one or more application and/or network layer security systems. The received threat information is reduced into a canonical form. Features are extracted from the reduced threat information; these features in conjunction with configuration data such as goals are used to produce rules. In some embodiments, these rules are tested against one or more sets of test data and compared against the same or different goals; if one or more tests fail, the rules are refined until the tests succeed within an acceptable margin of error. The rules are then propagated to one or more application layer security systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventor: Paul Judge
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Patent number: 7949716Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for assigning a reputation to a messaging entity by analyzing the attributes of the entity, correlating the attributes with known attributes to define relationships between entities sharing attributes, and attributing a portion of the reputation of one related entity to the reputation of the other related entity.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Alejandro Manuel Hernandez, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck, Yuchun Tang, Jonathan Alexander Zdziarski
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Patent number: 7937480Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for aggregating reputation data from dispersed reputation engines and deriving global reputation information for use in handling received communications.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Alejandro Manuel Hernandez, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck
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Patent number: 7903549Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors to filter communications of users in accordance with content-based policy.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Secure Computing CorporationInventors: Paul Judge, Phyllis Adele Schneck, Weilai Yang, Jonathan Alexander Zdziarski
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Patent number: 7870203Abstract: Systems and methods for providing message reputation to an end user.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Paul Judge, Dmitri Alperovitch, Joel Joseph Caracciolo, Alejandro Manuel Hernandez, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck
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Publication number: 20100306846Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for efficiently processing communications based upon reputation of an entity associated with the communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Sven Krasser, Paul Judge, Lamar Lorenzo Willis
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Patent number: 7779466Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for enhancing electronic communication security. A communication transmitted over a communications network is received and tested by a collection engine to generate data associated with the received communication. An analysis engine analyzes the data generated by the collection engine along with data associated with previously received communications to whether an anomaly exists. If an anomaly exists with respect to the received communication, an action engine initiates a predetermined response.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Paul Judge, Guru Rajan
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Patent number: 7779156Abstract: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for efficiently processing communications based upon reputation of an entity associated with the communication.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Alperovitch, Sven Krasser, Paul Judge, Lamar Lorenzo Willis
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Patent number: 7693947Abstract: Systems and methods for graphically displaying messaging traffic flows by collecting messaging data, converting a portion of the messaging data to a geographical position and collecting statistics related to the messaging data for overlaying upon a geographical map.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Paul Judge, Dmitri Alperovitch, Sven Krasser, Arasendran Sellakannu, Lamar Lorenzo Willis