Cheng Hao Ho

US Patent:

8621614, Dec 31, 2013

Filed:

May 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/472094

Inventors:

Gandhi Vaithilingam - Sunnyvale CA, US
Cheng Ho - Santa Clara CA, US
Gruia Pitigoi-Aron - San Jose CA, US
Ben Vincent - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/00
G06F 11/00
H04L 29/06
G06F 11/30

US Classification:

726 22, 726 12, 726 23, 726 25, 713154, 713188

Abstract:

Computer-readable media and computerized methods for governing treatment of digital communications (e. g. , emails and instant messages) upon identifying the communications as potentially phishing emails are provided. A service provider is employed to control behavior of an account that is assigned to an intended recipient of the communications. Controlling the behavior of the account is described in the context of a non-web mail server that renders a UI display, which is not dynamically configurable by the service provider. In one solution, controlling behavior alerts a user to the presence of communications identified as potentially phishing by aggregating these communications in a separate folder. In another solution, controlling behavior facilitates protecting the user by replacing the content of the potentially phishing communications with a warning message. This warning message optionally includes a URL link to a web browser where the user can view the original content of the potentially phishing communications.

US Patent:

20140046911, Feb 13, 2014

Filed:

Aug 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/572900

Inventors:

Kristof Roomp - Mira-sol, ES
Gruia Pitigoi-Aron - San Jose CA, US
Ivaylo Dimitrov - Mountain View CA, US
Brandon Pai - Mountain View CA, US
Cheng Ho - Santa Clara CA, US
Kumar Pasumarthy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lincoln Liu - San Jose CA, US
Alok Dhariwal - Sunnyvale CA, US
John Rodrigues - Mountain House CA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707692, 707E17002

Abstract:

Systems and techniques of de-duplicating file and/or blobs within a file system are presented. In one embodiment, an email system is disclosed wherein the email system receives email messages comprising a set of associated attachments. The system determines whether the associated attachments have been previously stored in the email system, the state of the stored attachment, and if the state of the attachment is appropriate for sharing copies of the attachment, then providing a reference to the attachment upon a request to share the attachment. In another embodiment, the system may detect whether stored attachments are corrupted and, if so, attempt to repair the attachment, and possibly, prior to sharing references to the attachment.

US Patent:

20160140138, May 19, 2016

Filed:

Jan 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/004999

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Gruia Pitigoi-Aron - San Jose CA, US
Ivaylo Dimitrov - Mountain View CA, US
Brandon Pai - Mountain View CA, US
Cheng Ho - Santa Clara CA, US
Kumar Pasumarthy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lincoln Liu - San Jose CA, US
Alok Dhariwal - Sunnyvale CA, US
John Rodrigues - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
H04L 12/58

Abstract:

Systems and techniques of de-duplicating file and/or blobs within a file system are presented. In one embodiment, an email system is disclosed wherein the email system receives email messages comprising a set of associated attachments. The system determines whether the associated attachments have been previously stored in the email system, the state of the stored attachment, and if the state of the attachment is appropriate for sharing copies of the attachment, then providing a reference to the attachment upon a request to share the attachment. In another embodiment, the system may detect whether stored attachments are corrupted and, if so, attempt to repair the attachment, and possibly, prior to sharing references to the attachment.

US Patent:

20140289259, Sep 25, 2014

Filed:

Mar 20, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/847990

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Katarzyna Anna Puchala - Mountain View CA, US
Eric Tran - Mountain View CA, US
Cheng H. Ho - Santa Clara CA, US
Ivaylo G. Dimitrov - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707748

Abstract:

A set of electronic communications of different types that the user has sent and/or received, such as email messages, text messages, instant messages, and so forth is obtained. The set of electronic communications can be obtained in various manners, such as by searching the electronic communications of the user for those electronic communications that satisfy user provided search criteria. The electronic communications in the set of electronic communications are ranked according to various social cues that provide an indication of how the user interacts with individuals that are the senders or recipients of the electronic communications.