Patents by Inventor Robert James Conrad

Robert James Conrad 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).

  • Patent number: 8364776
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for employing user input to classify unknown websites whereby when a given unknown/unclassified website is accessed on a given computer system associated with a given user, the given user is asked to provide input regarding the legitimacy of the given unknown/unclassified website. The classification of the given unknown/unclassified website is then determined via one or more sources other than the given user's input. The accuracy of the given user's input regarding the legitimacy of the given unknown/unclassified website is then determined and used to calculate, and/or transform, a reliability score that is then associated with the given user. A given user's reliability score is then used to determine the given user's eligibility to provide further input regarding the legitimacy of other unknown/unclassified websites, and/or to determine a value to be place on, or otherwise filter, future input from the given user regarding the legitimacy of other unknown/unclassified websites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Robert James Conrad
  • Patent number: 8060577
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for employing user input to classify unknown files whereby when a given unknown/unclassified file is downloaded and/or activated on a given computer system associated with a given user, the given user is asked to provide input regarding the legitimacy of the given unknown/unclassified file. The classification of the given unknown/unclassified file is then determined via one or more sources other than the given user's input. The accuracy of the given user's input regarding the legitimacy of the given unknown/unclassified file is then determined and used to calculate, and/or transform, a reliability score that is then associated with the given user. A given user's reliability score is then used to determine the given user's eligibility to provide further input regarding the legitimacy of other unknown/unclassified files, and/or to determine a value to be place on, or otherwise filter, future input from the given user regarding the legitimacy of other unknown/unclassified files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Robert James Conrad
  • Patent number: 7555082
    Abstract: A continuously tunable linear phase filter having a ground connection includes a three-terminal Bessel filter having an input terminal for receiving a signal, an output terminal for delivering a signal, a control terminal for receiving a control voltage, and a varactor. Each of the terminals are in signal communication with each other and the varactor is in signal communication with each of the terminals and ground, the varactor being responsive to the control voltage at the control terminal. The capacitance of the varactor is continuously adjustable in response to a change in the control voltage at the control terminal, thereby enabling continuous tuning of the continuously tunable linear phase filter in response to the control voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: TSI Telsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Fernandez Varela, David Childress Newman, Robert James Conrad
  • Patent number: 7327805
    Abstract: A continuously tunable linear phase filter having a ground connection includes a three-terminal Bessel filter having an input terminal for receiving a signal, an output terminal for delivering a signal, a control terminal for receiving a control voltage, and a varactor. Each of the terminals are in signal communication with each other and the varactor is in signal communication with each of the terminals and ground, the varactor being responsive to the control voltage at the control terminal. The capacitance of the varactor is continuously adjustable in response to a change in the control voltage at the control terminal, thereby enabling continuous tuning of the continuously tunable linear phase filter in response to the control voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: TSI Telsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Fernandez Varela, David Childress Newman, Robert James Conrad
  • Publication number: 20030161424
    Abstract: A continuously tunable linear phase filter having a ground connection includes a three-terminal Bessel filter having an input terminal for receiving a signal, an output terminal for delivering a signal, a control terminal for receiving a control voltage, and a varactor. Each of the terminals are in signal communication with each other and the varactor is in signal communication with each of the terminals and ground, the varactor being responsive to the control voltage at the control terminal. The capacitance of the varactor is continuously adjustable in response to a change in the control voltage at the control terminal, thereby enabling continuous tuning of the continuously tunable linear phase filter in response to the control voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Julio Fernandez Varela, David Childress Newman, Robert James Conrad