Patents by Inventor Richard Banks Sutton

Richard Banks Sutton 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).

  • DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20230325946
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting imposters of a brand account. The technology can store a brand profile of the brand account, detect that a message has been publicly communicated to the brand account from a social media account, monitor messages sent publicly to the social media account from other social media accounts by repeatedly comparing the brand profile to metadata of each of the monitored messages, and identify at least one of the other social media accounts as an imposter account based on the comparing. The technology can cease the comparing at predetermined expiration time occurring after the detection of the message that was sent publicly to the brand account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Sharon Hüffner, Harold Nguyen, Richard Banks Sutton, David Oshiro Nadir
  • Detection and prevention of fraudulent activity on social media accounts
    Patent number: 11710195
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting imposters of a brand account. The technology can store a brand profile of the brand account, detect that a message has been publicly communicated to the brand account from a social media account, monitor messages sent publicly to the social media account from other social media accounts by repeatedly comparing the brand profile to metadata of each of the monitored messages, and identify at least one of the other social media accounts as an imposter account based on the comparing. The technology can cease the comparing at predetermined expiration time occurring after the detection of the message that was sent publicly to the brand account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Sharon Hüffner, Harold Nguyen, Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • Detecting, classifying, and enforcing policies on social networking activity
    Patent number: 11567983
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • Apparatus and method for social account access control
    Patent number: 11386202
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes monitoring changes to an account accessible by a group of subscribers that form a social network. The changes to the account are compared to a normative base line to identify deviations from the normative base line. An alert is sent in response to deviations from the normative base line. The normative base line is defined by metadata gathered through an application program interface associated with the account, account entity data and a set of predefined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Michael Bixby Villa, Wenchang Yan, Devon Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck
  • Classifying social entities and applying unique policies on social entities based on crowd-sourced data
    Patent number: 11252123
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing rules on social networking activity. The technology can scan and collect social content data from one or more social networks, store the social content data, classify content data posted to a social network, create and apply a set of social data content rules to future posted social content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir, Devin Hugh Redmond, Harold Nguyen, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Jorge Iriso, Wenchang Yan
  • DETECTING, CLASSIFYING, AND ENFORCING POLICIES ON SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20210303611
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20210209701
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting imposters of a brand account. The technology can store a brand profile of the brand account, detect that a message has been publicly communicated to the brand account from a social media account, monitor messages sent publicly to the social media account from other social media accounts by repeatedly comparing the brand profile to metadata of each of the monitored messages, and identify at least one of the other social media accounts as an imposter account based on the comparing. The technology can cease the comparing at predetermined expiration time occurring after the detection of the message that was sent publicly to the brand account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Sharon Hüffner, Harold Nguyen, Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • Detecting, classifying, and enforcing policies on social networking activity
    Patent number: 11036778
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • Detection and prevention of fraudulent activity on social media accounts
    Patent number: 10896473
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting imposters of a brand account. The technology can store a brand profile of the brand account, detect that a message has been publicly communicated to the brand account from a social media account, monitor messages sent publicly to the social media account from other social media accounts by repeatedly comparing the brand profile to metadata of each of the monitored messages, and identify at least one of the other social media accounts as an imposter account based on the comparing. The technology can cease the comparing at predetermined expiration time occurring after the detection of the message that was sent publicly to the brand account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Sharon Hüffner, Harold Nguyen, Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • DETECTING, CLASSIFYING, AND ENFORCING POLICIES ON SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20200133969
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • CLASSIFYING SOCIAL ENTITIES AND APPLYING UNIQUE POLICIES ON SOCIAL ENTITIES BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA
    Publication number: 20200084174
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing rules on social networking activity. The technology can scan and collect social content data from one or more social networks, store the social content data, classify content data posted to a social network, create and apply a set of social data content rules to future posted social content data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir, Devin Hugh Redmond, Harold Nguyen, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Jorge lriso, Wenchang Yan
  • Detecting, classifying, and enforcing policies on social networking activity
    Patent number: 10528611
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • Classifying social entities and applying unique policies on social entities based on crowd-sourced data
    Patent number: 10511562
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing rules on social networking activity. The technology can scan and collect social content data from one or more social networks, store the social content data, classify content data posted to a social network, create and apply a set of social data content rules to future posted social content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir, Devin Hugh Redmond, Harold Nguyen, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Jorge Iriso, Wenchang Yan
  • CLASSIFYING SOCIAL ENTITIES AND APPLYING UNIQUE POLICIES ON SOCIAL ENTITIES BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA
    Publication number: 20180309710
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing rules on social networking activity. The technology can scan and collect social content data from one or more social networks, store the social content data, classify content data posted to a social network, create and apply a set of social data content rules to future posted social content data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir, Devin Hugh Redmond, Harold Nguyen, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Jorge Iriso, Wenchang Yan
  • Classifying social entities and applying unique policies on social entities based on crowd sourced data
    Patent number: 10033684
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing rules on social networking activity. The technology can scan and collect social content data from one or more social networks, store the social content data, classify content data posted to a social network, create and apply a set of social data content rules to future posted social content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Nexgate, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir, Devin Hugh Redmond, Harold Nguyen, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Jorge Iriso, Wenchang Yan
  • DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20170358032
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting imposters of a brand account. The technology can store a brand profile of the brand account, detect that a message has been publicly communicated to the brand account from a social media account, monitor messages sent publicly to the social media account from other social media accounts by repeatedly comparing the brand profile to metadata of each of the monitored messages, and identify at least one of the other social media accounts as an imposter account based on the comparing. The technology can cease the comparing at predetermined expiration time occurring after the detection of the message that was sent publicly to the brand account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Sharon Hüffner, Harold Nguyen, Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • DETECTING, CLASSIFYING, AND ENFORCING POLICIES ON SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20160335344
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • Detecting, classifying, and enforcing policies on social networking activity
    Patent number: 9400999
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir
  • CLASSIFYING SOCIAL ENTITIES AND APPLYING UNIQUE POLICIES ON SOCIAL ENTITIES BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA
    Publication number: 20150052138
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing rules on social networking activity. The technology can scan and collect social content data from one or more social networks, store the social content data, classify content data posted to a social network, create and apply a set of social data content rules to future posted social content data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Daniel Oshiro Nadir, Devin Hugh Redmond, Harold Nguyen, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Jorge Iriso, Wenchang Yan
  • DETECTING, CLASSIFYING, AND ENFORCING POLICIES ON SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140280570
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Richard Banks Sutton, Anthony Lawrence Dorie, Wenchang Yan, Devin Hugh Redmond, Raymond Kruck, Daniel Oshiro Nadir