Patents by Inventor Steven Bull

Steven Bull 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: 10452488
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for efficient archiving of related electronic messages may include (1) receiving, at a message archiving system, a corpus of electronic messages from one or more servers, where at least a portion of the electronic messages in the corpus represents electronic messages that are related to each other, (2) processing the corpus of electronic messages into groups of related electronic messages, where each group of the related electronic messages is associated with a message identifier, and (3) archiving, by the message archiving system, each group of related electronic messages as a corresponding unified archive item. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Steven Bull, Andrew Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9881012
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and processes for interrupting and/or terminating an archive operation and/or archive process are disclosed. A determination is made as to whether an archive operation is ongoing. Files being written to a storage device as part of the archive operation are monitored. Upon receiving a request to interrupt or terminate the archive operation, the initiation of writing of new files to the storage device is inhibited, and the completion of the writing the files being written to the storage device is permitted. The archive operation and/or archive process is then interrupted or terminated without the risk of data corruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yuanzhou Ye, Richard P. Glanville, Richard P. Jones, Steven Bull
  • Publication number: 20160057211
    Abstract: Methods and systems for secure integration of web and mobile applications with enterprise servers are described. The enterprise servers are accessible via the public Internet, yet communication endpoints of application servers are not exposed to the public Internet. In an embodiment a cloud DMZ server is placed between a web/mobile client and the enterprise. The cloud DMZ server communicates with the enterprise through its firewall (for example via one or more web sockets). In order for the API requests to be made and fulfilled, the enterprise does not need to keep open and inbound port. Because only outbound ports are used on the enterprise side for application layer communication, it is not possible to attack the enterprise in known ways (for example, SYN flood, TCP connect flood, Heartbleed, Poodle, Freak, Logjam, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Puneet Thapliyal, Steven Bull
  • Patent number: 8856189
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing connections to process data is described. A connection with an access server is established to determine a connection point associated with one or more targets. The one or more targets are arranged according to the connection points associated with each of the one or more targets. A connection with a first connection point is established. Data from one or more targets associated with the first connection point are processed. The connection with the first connection point is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Bull, Andrew Gilbert, Stewart Waldie, Karl Woodrow