Patents by Inventor Todd Roman

Todd Roman 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).

  • Monitoring and controlling electronic message distribution
    Publication number: 20080140826
    Abstract: A method for controlling a message distribution process comprising a series of coordinated processes by monitoring the performance of each process, determining that a monitored process is not processing properly, and skipping the process not processing properly. Another method for controlling the load of message traffic by determining the performance of a message server and altering the flow of messages based upon the determined performance of the message server. Another method for routing messages by identifying the addresses of senders of received messages, assigning a portion of the addresses to a category, and routing messages from the identified addresses according to their assigned category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles McColgan, Marc Levy, Lance Galey, Stephen Bolinger, Amit Jhawar, Todd Roman, Malcolm Erik Pearson, Yi Liao