Patents by Inventor Richard Bruce Dandliker

Richard Bruce Dandliker 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 identity consolidation
    Patent number: 8935752
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identity consolidation for a plurality of electronic identities is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving user identification data extracted from an electronic communication, the user identification data corresponding to an unknown identity of a sender of the electronic communication. The method further includes determining a known identity for the sender using the user identification data extracted from the electronic communication and associating the known identity with the unknown identity of the sender of the electronic communication. In one embodiment, an association between the known identity and the unknown identity is maintained to determine whether parties of subsequent information transfers are authorized to participate in the information transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Chen, Richard Bruce Dandliker, Phillip DiCorpo, Bruce Christopher Wootton, Dirk Kessler, Timothy Micheal Wyatt