Patents by Inventor Steven A. Malone

Steven A. Malone 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: 11595417
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of data processing and electronic messaging systems, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for mediating a user's access to a resource to thereby prevent potential security breaches, including phishing and impersonation, malware, and security issues, particularly with respect to websites and electronic communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mimecast Services Ltd.
    Inventors: Jackie Anne Maylor, Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro, Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Paul Sowden
  • Patent number: 11258785
    Abstract: Virtually every online account requires login credentials like username and password for access. Using different credentials for each account can reduce the likelihood of unauthorized access to these accounts. Remembering all the different credentials, however, can be a challenge and it is not uncommon for a user to mistakenly provide credentials to a site that are for another, sensitive site. Accordingly, a system for warning a user of such an error is provided. The system includes a browser plugin that responds to a user entering their credentials at a requesting site by looking up an identifier of a trusted site associated with the user's credentials. The identifiers of the requesting and trusted sites are compared, and if they do not match, the browser plugin blocks the user from submitting their credentials to the requesting site. Advantageously, the system reduces the likelihood that credentials to sensitive accounts are provided by accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mimecast Services Ltd.
    Inventors: Jackie Anne Maylor, Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20200358798
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of data processing and electronic messaging systems, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for mediating a user's access to a resource to thereby prevent potential security breaches, including phishing and impersonation, malware, and security issues, particularly with respect to websites and electronic communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jackie Anne Maylor, Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro, Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Paul Sowden
  • Patent number: 10764316
    Abstract: A malware detection system based on stored data that analyzes an electronic message for threats by comparing it to previously received messages in a message archive or to a contacts list. Threat protection rules may be generated dynamically based on the message and contacts history. A message that appears suspicious may be blocked, or the system may insert warnings to the receiver not to provide personal information without verifying the message. Threat checks may look for unknown senders, senders with identities that are similar to but not identical to previous senders or to known contacts, or senders that were added only recently as contacts. Links embedded in messages may be checked by comparing them to links previously received or to domain names of known contacts. The system may flag messages as potential threats if they contradict previous messages, or if they appear unusual compared to the patterns of previous messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Mimecast North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jackie Maylor, Simon Tyler, Peter Bauer, Gilly Benamram, Paul Sowden, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 10740622
    Abstract: A method of theft prevention and detection includes detecting movement of warehoused product by a person using one or more cameras; obtaining a first thermal image of a body of the person, with the one or more cameras, while the person is handling or moving the warehoused product; storing a physical size or shape of the warehoused product; obtaining a second thermal image of the body of the person, with the one or more cameras, subsequent to the obtaining of the first thermal image; determining thermal intensity differences by comparing the first thermal image of the body of the person to the second thermal image of the body of the person; detecting potential theft when the thermal intensity differences correlate to the physical size or shape of the warehoused product; and informing the person that the potential theft has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: Vaughn Peterson, Jacob Christensen, Steven Malone
  • Patent number: 10728239
    Abstract: Today's user is facing an ever increasing number of cyber threats from infectious software to scam artist phishing for their passwords and other personal information. Accordingly, a technique is provided to mediate a user's access to electronic resources, which can include malware and sites that trick the user into giving their password. Based on information known about the resource at the time the user accesses it, the technique can warn the user that the resources is suspicious and it is not safe to provide their password. Even if the resource is safe, the technique can warn the user not reuse their password, thereby promoting good password hygiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Mimecast Services Ltd.
    Inventors: Jackie Anne Maylor, Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro, Nathaniel S. Borenstein
  • Publication number: 20200186514
    Abstract: Virtually every online account requires login credentials like username and password for access. Using different credentials for each account can reduce the likelihood of unauthorized access to these accounts. Remembering all the different credentials, however, can be a challenge and it is not uncommon for a user to mistakenly provide credentials to a site that are for another, sensitive site. Accordingly, a system for warning a user of such an error is provided. The system includes a browser plugin that responds to a user entering their credentials at a requesting site by looking up an identifier of a trusted site associated with the user's credentials. The identifiers of the requesting and trusted sites are compared, and if they do not match, the browser plugin blocks the user from submitting their credentials to the requesting site. Advantageously, the system reduces the likelihood that credentials to sensitive accounts are provided by accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Jackie Anne Maylor, Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20200137110
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to computer security, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for assisting a user in avoiding the accidental disclosure of confidential or sensitive information, as well as avoiding potential security breaches, including phishing and impersonation, malware, and security issues, particularly with respect to websites and electronic communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Jackie Anne Maylor, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro, Reinhard Uebel
  • Patent number: 10536449
    Abstract: Virtually every online account requires login credentials like username and password for access. Using different credentials for each account can reduce the likelihood of unauthorized access to these accounts. Remembering all the different credentials, however, can be a challenge and it is not uncommon for a user to mistakenly provide credentials to a site that are for another, sensitive site. Accordingly, a system for warning a user of such an error is provided. The system includes a browser plugin that responds to a user entering their credentials at a requesting site by looking up an identifier of a trusted site associated with the user's credentials. The identifiers of the requesting and trusted sites are compared, and if they do not match, the browser plugin blocks the user from submitting their credentials to the requesting site. Advantageously, the system reduces the likelihood that credentials to sensitive accounts are provided by accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mimecast Services Ltd.
    Inventors: Jackie Anne Maylor, Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 10533796
    Abstract: A method for thickening a cryogenic slurry is disclosed. The method comprises providing a cryogenic slurry flow path, a cryogenic liquid discharge path, and a filter medium between the cryogenic slurry flow path and the cryogenic liquid discharge path. The cryogenic slurry comprises a solid and a cryogenic liquid. The cryogenic slurry is fed into the cryogenic slurry flow path, generally tangential to the filter medium. This causes a portion of the cryogenic liquid to cross the filter medium into the cryogenic liquid discharge path as a cryogenic liquid discharge and the cryogenic slurry to thicken to produce a thickened slurry. The filter medium comprises a cryogenically-stable material such that adsorption of gases is inhibited, deposition of solids is prevented, and temperature-change induced expansion and contraction of the filter medium is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventors: Larry Baxter, Eric Mansfield, Kyler Stitt, David Frankman, Skyler Chamberlain, Nathan Davis, Stephanie Burt, Steven Malone
  • Publication number: 20180276480
    Abstract: A method of theft prevention and detection includes detecting movement of warehoused product by a person using one or more cameras; obtaining a first thermal image of a body of the person, with the one or more cameras, while the person is handling or moving the warehoused product; storing a physical size or shape of the warehoused product; obtaining a second thermal image of the body of the person, with the one or more cameras, subsequent to the obtaining of the first thermal image; determining thermal intensity differences by comparing the first thermal image of the body of the person to the second thermal image of the body of the person; detecting potential theft when the thermal intensity differences correlate to the physical size or shape of the warehoused product; and informing the person that the potential theft has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Vaughn Peterson, Jacob Christensen, Steven Malone
  • Publication number: 20180257007
    Abstract: A device for thickening a cryogenic slurry is disclosed. The device comprises a cryogenic slurry flow path, a cryogenic liquid discharge path, and a filter medium between the cryogenic slurry flow path and the cryogenic liquid discharge path. The cryogenic slurry comprises a solid and a cryogenic liquid. The cryogenic slurry is fed into the cryogenic slurry flow path, generally tangential to the filter medium. This causes a portion of the cryogenic liquid to cross the filter medium into the cryogenic liquid discharge path as a cryogenic liquid discharge and the cryogenic slurry to thicken to produce a thickened slurry. The filter medium comprises a cryogenically-stable material such that adsorption of gases is inhibited, deposition of solids is prevented, and temperature-change induced expansion and contraction of the filter medium is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Larry Baxter, Eric Mansfield, Stephanie Burt, Kyler Stitt, David Frankman, Skyler Chamberlain, Nathan Davis, Steven Malone
  • Publication number: 20180260868
    Abstract: A method for delivering a product transportation device to a customer includes detecting, with machine vision, that a customer in a brick-and-mortar store is carrying one or more items without a product transportation device to transport the one or more items. An image is obtained of the customer carrying the one or more items without a product transportation device along with a location of the customer. The image and location are sent to a mobile device of an employee of the brick-and-mortar store. The employee delivers a product transportation device to the customer location and the customer is notified of the delivery of the product transportation device for transportation of the one or more items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Vaughn Peterson, Jacob Christensen, Steven Malone
  • Publication number: 20180257008
    Abstract: A method for thickening a cryogenic slurry is disclosed. The method comprises providing a cryogenic slurry flow path, a cryogenic liquid discharge path, and a filter medium between the cryogenic slurry flow path and the cryogenic liquid discharge path. The cryogenic slurry comprises a solid and a cryogenic liquid. The cryogenic slurry is fed into the cryogenic slurry flow path, generally tangential to the filter medium. This causes a portion of the cryogenic liquid to cross the filter medium into the cryogenic liquid discharge path as a cryogenic liquid discharge and the cryogenic slurry to thicken to produce a thickened slurry. The filter medium comprises a cryogenically-stable material such that adsorption of gases is inhibited, deposition of solids is prevented, and temperature-change induced expansion and contraction of the filter medium is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Larry Baxter, Eric Mansfield, Kyler Stitt, David Frankman, Skyler Chamberlain, Nathan Davis, Stephanie Burt, Steven Malone
  • Publication number: 20180260845
    Abstract: A method of direct customized advertising includes detecting an identity of a customer proximate to a brick-and-mortar store, obtaining historical shopping records associated with the customer, generating and printing customized coupons or advertisements based on the historical shopping records of the customer, and delivering the customized coupons or advertisements to the customer as they enter the brick-and-mortar store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Vaughn Peterson, Jacob Christensen, Steven Malone, Robert Wesson
  • Patent number: 9986065
    Abstract: A secure remote actuation system includes a remote input receptor that receives one or more user inputs from a user, a cloud-based network stores the one or more acceptable inputs, a network device obtains the one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor, the network device obtains the one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface, a cloud-based network compares the one or more user inputs to the one or more acceptable inputs, the acceptable inputs at least partially derived from dynamically changing environmental parameters, and a remote device is controlled based on the comparison of the one or more user inputs to the one or more acceptable inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Mark Hall, Craig Boswell, Steven Malone
  • Publication number: 20170318049
    Abstract: A malware detection system based on stored data that analyzes an electronic message for threats by comparing it to previously received messages in a message archive or to a contacts list. Threat protection rules may be generated dynamically based on the message and contacts history. A message that appears suspicious may be blocked, or the system may insert warnings to the receiver not to provide personal information without verifying the message. Threat checks may look for unknown senders, senders with identities that are similar to but not identical to previous senders or to known contacts, or senders that were added only recently as contacts. Links embedded in messages may be checked by comparing them to links previously received or to domain names of known contacts. The system may flag messages as potential threats if they contradict previous messages, or if they appear unusual compared to the patterns of previous messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jackie Maylor, Simon Tyler, Peter Bauer, Gilly Benamram, Paul Sowden, Steven Malone, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20170195310
    Abstract: Virtually every online account requires login credentials like username and password for access. Using different credentials for each account can reduce the likelihood of unauthorized access to these accounts. Remembering all the different credentials, however, can be a challenge and it is not uncommon for a user to mistakenly provide credentials to a site that are for another, sensitive site. Accordingly, a system for warning a user of such an error is provided. The system includes a browser plugin that responds to a user entering their credentials at a requesting site by looking up an identifier of a trusted site associated with the user's credentials. The identifiers of the requesting and trusted sites are compared, and if they do not match, the browser plugin blocks the user from submitting their credentials to the requesting site. Advantageously, the system reduces the likelihood that credentials to sensitive accounts are provided by accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Jackie Maylor, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20170187841
    Abstract: A secure remote actuation system includes a remote input receptor that receives one or more user inputs from a user, a cloud-based network stores the one or more acceptable inputs, a network device obtains the one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor, the network device obtains the one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface, a cloud-based network compares the one or more user inputs to the one or more acceptable inputs, the acceptable inputs at least partially derived from dynamically changing environmental parameters, and a remote device is controlled based on the comparison of the one or more user inputs to the one or more acceptable inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Mark Hall, Craig Boswell, Steven Malone
  • Publication number: 20170180378
    Abstract: Today's user is facing an ever increasing number of cyber threats from infectious software to scam artist phishing for their passwords and other personal information. Accordingly, a technique is provided to mediate a user's access to electronic resources, which can include malware and sites that trick the user into giving their password. Based on information known about the resource at the time the user accesses it, the technique can warn the user that the resources is suspicious and it is not safe to provide their password. Even if the resource is safe, the technique can warn the user not reuse their password, thereby promoting good password hygiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Simon Paul Tyler, Steven Malone, Jackie Maylor, Wayne Van Ry, Francisco Ribeiro