Patents by Inventor Steve Bowden

Steve Bowden 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).

  • Methods, computer networks and computer program products for reducing the vulnerability of user devices
    Patent number: 8161559
    Abstract: Methods, computer networks, and computer program products that reduce the vulnerability of network user devices to security threats include scanning a user device connected to a network to determine whether the user device contains a particular version of an application; downloading the particular version of the application via the network in response to verifying that the user device does not contain the particular version of the application; installing the downloaded application on the user device; scanning the user device for security vulnerabilities; downloading a patch via the network in response to detecting a security vulnerability, wherein the patch is configured to remedy the security vulnerability; and executing the downloaded patch on the user device to remedy the detected security vulnerability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Steve Bowden, Eric Aslaksen, Spencer Ho
  • Methods, Computer Networks and Computer Program Products for Reducing the Vulnerability of User Devices
    Publication number: 20100333205
    Abstract: Methods, computer networks, and computer program products that reduce the vulnerability of network user devices to security threats include scanning a user device connected to a network to determine whether the user device contains a particular version of an application; downloading the particular version of the application via the network in response to verifying that the user device does not contain the particular version of the application; installing the downloaded application on the user device; scanning the user device for security vulnerabilities; downloading a patch via the network in response to detecting a security vulnerability, wherein the patch is configured to remedy the security vulnerability; and executing the downloaded patch on the user device to remedy the detected security vulnerability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Steve Bowden, Eric Aslaksen, Spencer Ho
  • Methods, computer networks and computer program products for reducing the vulnerability of user devices
    Patent number: 7810159
    Abstract: Methods, computer networks, and computer program products that reduce the vulnerability of network user devices to security threats include scanning a user device connected to a network to determine whether the user device contains a particular version of an application; downloading the particular version of the application via the network in response to verifying that the user device does not contain the particular version of the application; installing the downloaded application on the user device; scanning the user device for security vulnerabilities; downloading a patch via the network in response to detecting a security vulnerability, wherein the patch is configured to remedy the security vulnerability; and executing the downloaded patch on the user device to remedy the detected security vulnerability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Steve Bowden, Eric Aslaksen, Spencer Ho
  • Methods, computer networks and computer program products for reducing the vulnerability of user devices
    Publication number: 20060294587
    Abstract: Methods, computer networks, and computer program products that reduce the vulnerability of network user devices to security threats include scanning a user device connected to a network to determine whether the user device contains a particular version of an application; downloading the particular version of the application via the network in response to verifying that the user device does not contain the particular version of the application; installing the downloaded application on the user device; scanning the user device for security vulnerabilities; downloading a patch via the network in response to detecting a security vulnerability, wherein the patch is configured to remedy the security vulnerability; and executing the downloaded patch on the user device to remedy the detected security vulnerability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Steve Bowden, Eric Aslaksen, Spencer Ho