Patents by Inventor Stephen Owen Hearnden

Stephen Owen Hearnden 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, method and computer program product for scanning portions of data
    Patent number: 9686119
    Abstract: A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Hearnden, Martin J. Lucas, Christopher M. Hinton, Nicolas K. Wilson
  • System, method and computer program product for scanning portions of data
    Patent number: 9106478
    Abstract: A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MCAFEE, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Hearnden, Martin J. Lucas, Christopher M. Hinton, Nicolas K. Wilson
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SCANNING PORTIONS OF DATA
    Publication number: 20150067856
    Abstract: A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Hearnden, Martin J. Lucas, Christopher M. Hinton, Nicolas K. Wilson
  • System, method and computer program product for scanning portions of data
    Patent number: 8806624
    Abstract: A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Hearnden, Martin J. Lucas, Christopher M. Hinton
  • PARTIAL HASH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20130246378
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for outputting a signal based on a partial hash comparison. In use, data is identified. In addition, a partial hash is determined utilizing a portion of the data. Further, the partial hash is compared with a plurality of known partial hashes, and an additional hash is conditionally determined based on the comparison. Still yet, a signal is output based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Hearnden, Anthony Vaughan Bartram
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SCANNING PORTIONS OF DATA
    Publication number: 20130042320
    Abstract: A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Hearnden, Martin J. Lucas, Christopher M. Hinton
  • System, method and computer program product for scanning portions of data
    Patent number: 8307428
    Abstract: A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Hearnden, Martin J. Lucas, Christopher M. Hinton, Nicolas K. Wilson
  • System, method and computer program product for applying prioritized security policies with predetermined limitations
    Patent number: 7373659
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for prioritized network security. Initially, a set of policies is identified, where each policy has a condition associated therewith. It is then determined whether the conditions are met. Next, the policies are activated whose associated conditions are determined to be met. Such conditions represent a priority of the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Vignoles, Stephen Owen Hearnden, Robert Hugh Smithson
  • Searching for sequences of character data
    Patent number: 6768991
    Abstract: A modified Boyer-Moore searching algorithm used within an E-mail filtering system for detecting the presence of a plurality of target band strings during a single traversal of the character data to be searched. A single jump table for the combined set of strings for which a search is being made is used. A hierarchical match table starting with the possible terminating letters of strings for which a search is being made is traversed to identify any strings as they are encountered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Owen Hearnden
  • Searching for sequences of character data
    Publication number: 20020188926
    Abstract: A modified Boyer-Moore searching algorithm used within an E-mail filtering system for detecting the presence of a plurality of target band strings during a single traversal of the character data to be searched. A single jump table for the combined set of strings for which a search is being made is used. A hierarchical match table starting with the possible terminating letters of strings for which a search is being made is traversed to identify any strings as they are encountered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Stephen Owen Hearnden