Patents by Inventor Ronald Soltis

Ronald Soltis 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: 10169611
    Abstract: In an approach to enhancing the security features of user interfaces of computing devices, a computing device repeatedly detects environmental cues in its vicinity. The computing device determines the presence of a threat based on matching at least one of the detected environmental cues with one or more stored threat criteria. The computing device determines the presence of one or more sensitive applications on a user interface. Having determined the presence of one or more sensitive applications on the user interface, the computing device hides the one or more sensitive applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Anita Govindjee, Jenny S. Li, Narayana Pattipati, Lisa M. Salcedo Eichorn, Ronald A. Soltis, Catharina E. Wilner
  • Patent number: 10135860
    Abstract: A security aware email server and a method of managing incoming email are described. The server includes a memory device configured to store rules, instructions, and user preferences. The processor makes a determination of whether a sender of an incoming email used a secure or unsecure sending network to send the email and determines an action to take with the email based on the determination and the user preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Anita Govindjee, Jenny S. Li, Narayana Pattipati, Lisa M. Salecedo Eichorn, Ronald A. Soltis, Nina E. Wilner
  • Patent number: 9621580
    Abstract: A security aware email server and a method of managing incoming email are described. The server includes a memory device configured to store rules, instructions, and user preferences. The processor makes a determination of whether a sender of an incoming email used a secure or unsecure sending network to send the email and determines an action to take with the email based on the determination and the user preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Anita Govindjee, Jenny S. Li, Narayana Pattipati, Lisa M. Salecedo Eichorn, Ronald A. Soltis, Nina E. Wilner
  • Publication number: 20170076100
    Abstract: In an approach to enhancing the security features of user interfaces of computing devices, a computing device repeatedly detects environmental cues in its vicinity. The computing device determines the presence of a threat based on matching at least one of the detected environmental cues with one or more stored threat criteria. The computing device determines the presence of one or more sensitive applications on a user interface. Having determined the presence of one or more sensitive applications on the user interface, the computing device hides the one or more sensitive applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Anita Govindjee, Jenny S. Li, Narayana Pattipati, Lisa M. Salcedo Eichorn, Ronald A. Soltis, Catharina E. Wilner
  • Publication number: 20170063878
    Abstract: A security aware email server and a method of managing incoming email are described. The server includes a memory device configured to store rules, instructions, and user preferences. The processor makes a determination of whether a sender of an incoming email used a secure or unsecure sending network to send the email and determines an action to take with the email based on the determination and the user preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Anita Govindjee, Jenny S. Li, Narayana Pattipati, Lisa M. Salecedo Eichorn, Ronald A. Soltis, Nina E. Wilner
  • Publication number: 20170063919
    Abstract: A security aware email server and a method of managing incoming email are described. The server includes a memory device configured to store rules, instructions, and user preferences. The processor makes a determination of whether a sender of an incoming email used a secure or unsecure sending network to send the email and determines an action to take with the email based on the determination and the user preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Anita Govindjee, Jenny S. Li, Narayana Pattipati, Lisa M. Salecedo Eichorn, Ronald A. Soltis, Nina E. Wilner
  • Patent number: 9424538
    Abstract: A security aware email server and a method of managing incoming email are described. The server includes a memory device configured to store rules, instructions, and user preferences. The processor makes a determination of whether a sender of an incoming email used a secure or unsecure sending network to send the email and determines an action to take with the email based on the determination and the user preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Anita Govindjee, Jenny S. Li, Narayana Pattipati, Lisa M. Salecedo Eichorn, Ronald A. Soltis, Nina E. Wilner
  • Patent number: 5333266
    Abstract: An Integrated Messaging System which integrates mail from a plurality of mail servers handling messages of different media types such as text, voice, facsimile, video and image. The IMS maintains the in-basket for all mail systems, eliminating the need to collect each type of mail separately. Any terminal interface, telephone or computer workstation can be used to collect, generate and act upon a message of any media type. Further, from the preferred system, the user can request another file server and its associated terminals to perform messaging services. The system includes a variety traditional E-mail and voice mail functions which can be used for any message. The IMS also includes synchronization means which checks to see whether the mail count in each in-basket is the same to guarantee that the same mail items are in each file server in-basket. An integrated messaging protocol is used to pass information between the file servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wade Boaz, Daniel D'Elena, Michael Lucivero, Sarka Martinez, Ronald J. Salpietra, Olga E. Savastano, Ronald Soltis