Patents by Inventor Phillip L. Richards

Phillip L. Richards 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).

  • Publication number: 20170300929
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. More specifically, embodiments relate to computer program products for targeted document review assignments by determining concept-related data groupings within the overall corpus of data associated with a case and assembling the targeted document review assignments based on the concept-related data groupings. As such, document reviewers are presented with assignments that have highly conceptually-related documents, which results in further efficiency in the review process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Benjamin Clark, Jeffrey V. Knox, Michael J. Mayer
  • Patent number: 9171310
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. More specifically, embodiments relate to managing the process for creating search term sets to be applied to electronic data sets associated with a case in an electronic discovery system. A search term management application is provided that allows for multiple users to work collaboratively to define the final search term set that is subsequently applied to the corpus of electronic data for the case. In addition, the application provides for tracking the overall search term creation process. In addition, embodiments provide for a search term hit count engine that is configured to determine search term hit counts for data as a means of predicting the volume of data needed to review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emerson D. Miller, Michael J. Mayer, Phillip L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20150178384
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. More specifically, embodiments relate to computer program products for targeted document review assignments by determining concept-related data groupings within the overall corpus of data associated with a case and assembling the targeted document review assignments based on the concept-related data groupings. As such, document reviewers are presented with assignments that have highly conceptually-related documents, which results in further efficiency in the review process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Benjamin Clark, Jeffrey V. Knox, Michael J. Mayer
  • Patent number: 8930805
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for previewing, in a safe environment, a given web page that is or may be conducting dangerous or fraudulent activity, including malware distribution and phishing activity. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to previewing a given web page in a safe environment by obtaining and breaking down the source code behind the given web page and constructing a preview of the web page without any potentially harmful images, scripts, executables, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Brandee Lynn Bunton, Phillip L. Richards
  • Patent number: 8903826
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery and custodian management. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for an enterprise wide e-discovery system that provides for data to be identified, located, retrieved, preserved, searched, reviewed and produced in an efficient and cost-effective manner across the entire enterprise system. In addition, by structuring management of e-discovery based on case/matter, custodian and data and providing for linkage between the same, further efficiencies are realized in terms of identifying, locating and retrieving data and leveraging results of previous e-discoveries with current requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Eric B. Hobart, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Michael J. Mayer, John N. Whalen, Brian L. Toomey, David W. Stellhorn
  • Patent number: 8881299
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products configured to determine communities within an organization dynamically based on the distribution of entitlements within the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Chadwick R. Renfro, Christopher P. Higgins
  • Patent number: 8868561
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery and custodian management. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for an enterprise wide e-discovery system that provides for data to be identified, located, retrieved, preserved, searched, reviewed and produced in an efficient and cost-effective manner across the entire enterprise system. In addition, by structuring management of e-discovery based on case/matter, custodian and data and providing for linkage between the same, further efficiencies are realized in terms of identifying, locating and retrieving data and leveraging results of previous e-discoveries with current requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Eric B. Hobart, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Michael J. Mayer, John N. Whalen, Brian L. Toomey, David W. Stellhorn
  • Patent number: 8769695
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining the probability that a given website is conducting or is related to fraudulent activity, including phishing activity. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to automatically monitoring and scoring URLs for fraudulent activity by parsing keywords, combinations of keywords, and other relevant data from an input communication, such as an email, and analyzing the data obtained against a database containing a plurality of grading factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Michael J. Mayer, David M. Andersen
  • Patent number: 8504489
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. More specifically, embodiments relate to computer program products for predictive and automated coding of identical or highly similar documents for the purpose of limiting the volume of documents requiring review and thereby increasing the overall efficiency of the document review process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Benjamin Clark, Jeffrey V. Knox, Michael J. Mayer
  • Publication number: 20130067589
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products configured to determine communities within an organization dynamically based on the distribution of entitlements within the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Chadwick R. Renfro, Christopher P. Higgins
  • Patent number: 8364681
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery and custodian management. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for an enterprise wide e-discovery system that provides for data to be identified, located, retrieved, preserved, searched, reviewed and produced in an efficient and cost-effective manner across the entire enterprise system. In addition, by structuring management of e-discovery based on case/matter, custodian and data and providing for linkage between the same, further efficiencies are realized in terms of identifying, locating and retrieving data and leveraging results of previous e-discoveries with current requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Eric B. Hobart, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Michael J. Mayer, John N. Whalen, Jr., Brian L. Toomey, David W. Stellhorn
  • Patent number: 8316453
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products configured to determine communities within an organization dynamically based on the distribution of entitlements within the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Chadwick R. Renfro, Christopher P. Higgins
  • Patent number: 8225416
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products configured to calculate an indicator of the likelihood that an entitlement exists in a first community relative to a second community. The calculated indicator is then used to determine the appropriateness of entitlements within the first community or after a transfer of a person from the first community to the second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Chadwick R. Renfro, Christopher P. Higgins
  • Patent number: 8200635
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclosed relate to methods, systems and computer program products that provide an enterprise wide e-discovery system configured to search myriad data sources across an enterprise to identify electronic data relevant to a particular data request, harvest the relevant electronic data, filter the electronic data to identify request file types, transfer the request file types to a data store, and assign labels, such as barcodes, to the requested file types for the purpose of producing, in an organized fashion, all requested electronic data that is in the enterprise's possession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Brian L. Toomey, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Phillip L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20110022559
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for previewing, in a safe environment, a given web page that is or may be conducting dangerous or fraudulent activity, including malware distribution and phishing activity. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to previewing a given web page in a safe environment by obtaining and breaking down the source code behind the given web page and constructing a preview of the web page without any potentially harmful images, scripts, executables, and/or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Andersen, Brandee Lynn Bunton, Phillip L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20100281512
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products configured to determine communities within an organization dynamically based on the distribution of entitlements within the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Chadwick R. Renfro, Christopher P. Higgins
  • Publication number: 20100281536
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining the probability that a given website is conducting or is related to fraudulent activity, including phishing activity. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to automatically monitoring and scoring URLs for fraudulent activity by parsing keywords, combinations of keywords, and other relevant data from an input communication, such as an email, and analyzing the data obtained against a database containing a plurality of grading factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, Michael J. Mayer, David M. Andersen
  • Publication number: 20100281513
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products configured to calculate an indicator of the likelihood that an entitlement exists in a first community relative to a second community. The calculated indicator is then used to determine the appropriateness of entitlements within the first community or after a transfer of a person from the first community to the second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip L. Richards, David M. Andersen, Chadwick R. Renfro, Christopher P. Higgins
  • Publication number: 20100250512
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. More specifically, embodiments relate to managing the process for creating search term sets to be applied to electronic data sets associated with a case in an electronic discovery system. A search term management application is provided that allows for multiple users to work collaboratively to define the final search term set that is subsequently applied to the corpus of electronic data for the case. In addition, the application provides for tracking the overall search term creation process. In addition, embodiments provide for a search term hit count engine that is configured to determine search term hit counts for data as a means of predicting the volume of data needed to review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emerson D. Miller, Michael J. Mayer, Phillip L. Richards
  • Publication number: 20100250488
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclosed relate to methods, systems and computer program products that provide an enterprise wide e-discovery system configured to search myriad data sources across an enterprise to identify electronic data relevant to a particular data request, harvest the relevant electronic data, filter the electronic data to identify request file types, transfer the request file types to a data store, and assign labels, such as barcodes, to the requested file types for the purpose of producing, in an organized fashion, all requested electronic data that is in the enterprise's possession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Mayer, Brian L. Toomey, David M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller, Phillip L. Richards