Patents by Inventor STEVEN ROBERT SANDKE
STEVEN ROBERT SANDKE 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).
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Patent number: 11811793Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Patent number: 10911467Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Publication number: 20190356681Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Patent number: 10419464Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Publication number: 20180270258Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Patent number: 10009362Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Publication number: 20170331843Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Patent number: 9762609Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Publication number: 20170142150Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Patent number: 9596264Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method automatically processes the URL using a sandbox.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Publication number: 20150237068Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method automatically processes the URL using a sandbox.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
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Patent number: 9088523Abstract: Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When a service is being provided to a client device, a server provides aggregation rules to a client device as part of the service. The client device executes instructions in the aggregation rules to collect QoS metrics regarding the service on the client device and to manipulate the QoS metrics to generate aggregated QoS data. The client device reports the aggregated QoS data to a server for storage and analysis.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matthew Terence Hayes, Eric Lynn Eilebrecht, Anastasios Kasiolas, Marcus J. Jager, Marc Andrew Power, Steven Robert Sandke
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Publication number: 20140095708Abstract: Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When a service is being provided to a client device, a server provides aggregation rules to a client device as part of the service. The client device executes instructions in the aggregation rules to collect QoS metrics regarding the service on the client device and to manipulate the QoS metrics to generate aggregated QoS data. The client device reports the aggregated QoS data to a server for storage and analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: MATTHEW TERENCE HAYES, ERIC LYNN EILEBRECHT, ANASTASIOS KASIOLAS, MARCUS J. JAGER, MARC ANDREW POWER, STEVEN ROBERT SANDKE
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Patent number: 8612572Abstract: Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When an event occurs at a client, a measurement client collects event parameters and generates aggregated measurement data in accordance with aggregation rules that are provided to the measurement client from a server-side measurement service. The measurement client periodically reports the aggregated measurement data to the measurement service for storage and analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthew Terence Hayes, Eric Lynn Eilebrecht, Anastasios Kasiolas, Marcus J. Jager, Marc Andrew Power, Steven Robert Sandke
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Publication number: 20090299940Abstract: Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When an event occurs at a client, a measurement client collects event parameters and generates aggregated measurement data in accordance with aggregation rules that are provided to the measurement client from a server-side measurement service. The measurement client periodically reports the aggregated measurement data to the measurement service for storage and analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: MATTHEW TERENCE HAYES, ERIC LYNN EILEBRECHT, ANASTASIOS KASIOLAS, MARCUS J. JAGER, MARC ANDREW POWER, STEVEN ROBERT SANDKE