Patents Represented by Attorney Stewart J. Womack
  • Patent number: 8352742
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The systems and methods preferably include a Web-based Email System and a Certificate Authority that coordinate their actions to make the process of creating, maintaining and using the PKI Account as easy as possible for the Email User. In a preferred embodiment, a Keystore System may also be used to enhance the management and use of digital keypairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Thayer, Brad Owen
  • Patent number: 8271488
    Abstract: A program may be used to increase traffic flow to a Web site by analyzing, optimizing and submitting the Web site to one or more search engines. The program may accept search phrases and check the compatibility of the Web site with the search phrases as well as check the textual content, the parseability and the spiderability of the Web site. In a preferred embodiment, the analysis mimics the ranking methodologies used by the search engines. The program assists the owner of the Web site in optimizing the Web site for the search engines, possibly by automatically editing the code of the Web site, and submits the Web site for registration with the selected search engines. The program may be repeated from time to time to insure the Web site remains in an optimized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Murashige, Mikkel Schultz
  • Patent number: 8156190
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The systems and methods preferably include a Web-based Email System and a Certificate Authority that coordinate their actions to make the process of creating, maintaining and using the PKI Account as easy as possible for the Email User. In a preferred embodiment, a Keystore System may also be used to enhance the management and use of digital keypairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Thayer, Brad Owen
  • Patent number: 8145707
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The systems and methods preferably include a Web-based Email System and a Certificate Authority that coordinate their actions to make the process of creating, maintaining and using the PKI Account as easy as possible for the Email User. In a preferred embodiment, a Keystore System may also be used to enhance the management and use of digital keypairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Thayer, Brad Owen
  • Patent number: 8103761
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for efficiently registering a domain name and issuing a certificate without a Subscriber submitting a separate request for the certificate. A notice may be provided to the Subscriber after requesting to register the domain name that a credit for a certificate may be issued for the domain name. In other embodiments a credit may be given to the Subscriber for the certificate without receiving a separate request for the credit or certificate. The credit may be saved in a Subscriber's account to enable the Subscriber to use a certificate at a later time. In yet other embodiments, a single vetting process may be used to facilitate one or more of: creating a Subscriber's account; registering a domain name; and issuing a certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Go Daddy Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Warren Adelman, Wayne Thayer
  • Patent number: 7979493
    Abstract: A Web site, through the use of a Rules Engine, determines an expertise level of a User for one or more topics on a Web page. The Rules Engine may analyze User related data, such as the search term used by the User to find the Web site, the past products purchased by the User, the path through the Web site taken by the User, the usage history by the User on the Web site, the demographics of the User and/or the self declared expertise level of the User, to determine an expertise level of the User for the topics on the Web page. A Display Engine may customize a Web page based on the expertise levels of a User so that topics on the Web page are presented in a manner most appropriate for the User. An Email Engine may be used to customize emails to the User so that topics in the email are presented in manner most appropriate for the User. A Support Entity Engine may also be used to route an incoming support inquiries from a User to an appropriate technical support person for the User.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara J. Rechterman, Neil Proctor, Shawn Fitzpatrick, Bill Bennett
  • Patent number: 7912906
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The systems and methods preferably include a Web-based Email System and a Certificate Authority that coordinate their actions to make the process of creating, maintaining and using the PKI Account as easy as possible for the Email User. In a preferred embodiment, a Keystore System may also be used to enhance the management and use of digital keypairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thayer, Brad Owen
  • Patent number: 7877432
    Abstract: A reseller program may be used to increase the number of Customer desired domain names that are registered by a Registrar. There are two main embodiments of this reseller program. In the first embodiment, Resellers guide Customers to a Registrar web site through the use of advertisements, links in various web sites and/or links from search engines. The Registrar web site communicates directly with the Customer and registers the Customer desired domain names and compensates the Reseller for guiding the Customer to the Registrar web site. In the second embodiment, Resellers have their own reseller web sites that communicate directly with the Customers and communicate the desired domain names to the Registrar web site so the Registrar web site can register the Customer desired domain names. In this embodiment, the Customer may compensate the Reseller and the Reseller may compensate the Registrar for the services rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Chip Maxson, Shawn Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 7840637
    Abstract: An example embodiment of a includes a Home Page, a Web Presence Tool Page, and a Product and Community Forum which is created and maintained by a Hosting Provider. The Home Page may be made accessible to Hosting Customers and Partners and is an ideal location for placement of ads since all members of the Web Hosting Community are funneled through this Web page. The Web Presence Tool Page may display information generated by a Partner regarding the Partner's application which may be viewed by the Hosting Customers. The Product and Community Forum may allow the Hosting Customers to share information regarding all the applications with other Hosting Customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Adelman, Michael Chadwick
  • Patent number: 7774460
    Abstract: An example of a certification process for an application to be made available to a plurality of Hosting Customers within a Web Hosting Community starts with a partner, from a Partner Web Site, submitting the application to a Hosting Provider. The Hosting Provider may perform a test on the application to verify the application conforms to a predetermined standard. The Hosting Provider may perform one or more manual or automated test and look for viruses, worms, Trojen horses, adware, malware, reliability/compatibility issues or other problems with the application that may adversely impact the Web Hosting Community. If the application passes the test, the Hosting Provider may make the application available to the plurality of Hosting Customers. In preferred embodiments, the Hosting Customer may purchase the application thereby triggering the Hosting Provider to automatically make the application available for use by the Hosting Customer's Hosted Web Site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Adelman, Michael Chadwick
  • Patent number: 7752313
    Abstract: An example embodiment for using a Partner Web Site within a Web Hosting Community starts with a Hosting Provider creating the Partner Web Site, a Community Web Site, and operating one or more Hosting Servers. A Partner, from the Partner Web Site, may make an application available for purchase and use to a plurality of Hosting Customers. At least one of the Hosting Customers, from the Community Web Site, may purchase and utilize the application with their Hosted Web Site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Adelman, Michael Chadwick
  • Patent number: 7707404
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for enabling encrypted communication capabilities for a Subscriber's Web Site, thereby allowing Customers to access the Subscriber's Web Site in a secure manner. A Hosting Provider, that hosts the Subscriber's Web Site, and a Certificate Authority (CA), that verifies the identity of the Subscriber, provide the Subscriber's Web Site with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypted communications capability. The Hosting Provider and CA communicate directly with each other as needed, typically via the Internet, without using the Subscriber as an intermediary in their communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thayer, Kevin Reilly, Justin Jilg
  • Patent number: 7702902
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for enabling encrypted communication capabilities for a Subscriber's Web Site, thereby allowing Customers to access the Subscriber's Web Site in a secure manner. The Subscriber may register a domain name associated with the Subscriber's Web Site using a proxy domain name service, thereby hindering its Customers ability to verify the owner of the Subscriber's Web Site. A Hosting Provider hosts the Subscriber's Web Site and a Certificate Authority (CA) verifies the identity of the Subscriber. In combination the Hosting Provider and CA provide the Subscriber's Web Site with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypted communications capability. The Hosting Provider and CA communicate directly with each other as needed, typically via the Internet, without using the Subscriber as an intermediary in their communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thayer, Kevin Reilly, Justin Jilg
  • Patent number: 7680901
    Abstract: A Web site, through the use of a Rules Engine, determines an expertise level of a User for one or more topics on a Web page. The Rules Engine may analyze User related data, such as the search term used by the User to find the Web site, the past products purchased by the User, the path through the Web site taken by the User, the usage history by the User on the Web site, the demographics of the User and/or the self declared expertise level of the User, to determine an expertise level of the User for the topics on the Web page. A Display Engine may customize a Web page based on the expertise levels of a User so that topics on the Web page are presented in a manner most appropriate for the User. An Email Engine may be used to customize emails to the User so that topics in the email are presented in manner most appropriate for the User. A Support Entity Engine may also be used to route an incoming support inquiries from a User to an appropriate technical support person for the User.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara J. Rechterman, Neil Proctor, Shawn Fitzpatrick, Bill Bennett
  • Patent number: 7644117
    Abstract: A reseller program may be used to increase the number of Customer desired domain names that are registered by a Registrar. There are two main embodiments of this reseller program. In the first embodiment, Resellers guide Customers to a Registrar web site through the use of advertisements, links in various web sites and/or links from search engines. The Registrar web site communicates directly with the Customer and registers the Customer desired domain names and compensates the Reseller for guiding the Customer to the Registrar web site. In the second embodiment, Resellers have their own reseller web sites that communicate directly with the Customers and communicate the desired domain names to the Registrar web site so the Registrar web site can register the Customer desired domain names. In this embodiment, the Customer may compensate the Reseller and the Reseller may compensate the Registrar for the services rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Zimmerman, Josh Coffman
  • Patent number: 7523168
    Abstract: Email senders may transmit emails over the internet to a mail server that handles emails for a plurality of users (clients). The mail server may use a spam filter to remove the spam and then transmit the filtered emails to the addressed clients. The spam filter may use a white list, black list, probability filter and keyword filter. The probability filter may use a user mail corpus and a user spam corpus for creating a user probability table that lists tokens and the probability that an email is a spam if the email contains the token. The probability filter may also use a general mail corpus and a general spam corpus for creating a general probability table that. Tokens of incoming emails may be searched for in the user probability table, and if not found, the general probability table to calculate the probability that the email is a spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Chadwick, Adam Sink, Blake Schwendman
  • Patent number: 7500183
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for allowing a target web page to be edited on a host web page by a Designer. A scaled view of the target web page may be displayed on the host web page so that the Designer may view the target web page during the editing process. An editing palette may be selected, from a menu of editing palettes, for editing the target web page. An overlay, corresponding to the selected editing palette, may be positioned next to or superimposed over the scaled view of the target web page. The overlay may provide positioning or other types of information to assist the Designer in using the selected editing palette. Different overlays may be used as different editing palettes are selected. Once the target web page is customized, it can be made accessible via the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Nima Kelly
  • Patent number: 7500182
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for allowing a target web page to be edited on a host web page by a Designer. A scaled view of the target web page may be displayed on the host web page so that the Designer may view the target web page during the editing process. An editing palette may be selected, from a menu of editing palettes, for editing the target web page. An overlay, corresponding to the selected editing palette, may be positioned next to or superimposed over the scaled view of the target web page. The overlay may provide positioning or other types of information to assist the Designer in using the selected editing palette. Different overlays may be used as different editing palettes are selected. Once the target web page is customized, it can be made accessible via the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Nima Kelly
  • Patent number: 7320020
    Abstract: Email senders may transmit emails over the internet to a mail server that handles emails for a plurality of users (clients). The mail server may use a spam filter to remove the spam and then transmit the filtered emails to the addressed clients. The spam filter may use a white list, black list, probability filter and keyword filter. The probability filter may use a user mail corpus and a user spam corpus for creating a user probability table that lists tokens and the probability that an email is a spam if the email contains the token. The probability filter may also use a general mail corpus and a general spam corpus for creating a general probability table that. Tokens of incoming emails may be searched for in the user probability table, and if not found, the general probability table to calculate the probability that the email is a spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Christopher Chadwick, Adam Thomas Sink, Blake Schwendiman
  • Patent number: 7044154
    Abstract: The invention is a detection and prevention system to detect and prevent fluid leaks in a property that may cause damage to the property. The sources of the leaks may include, for example, toilets, hot water heater, sinks, washing machines, water makers and broken pipes or other sources of fluid leaks. The inventive may include one or more sender units that may be positioned at various locations on a property. The sender units may have a fluid sensor (for detecting a fluid leak) and a transmitter (for communicating with a base unit). The base unit may receive signals from the transmitter when the fluid sensors detect a fluid. The base unit may then communicate with a main shut off valve to restrict the flow of fluids onto the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Process Integration
    Inventors: Robert D. Henderson, Xan D. Henderson, Donald E. Adams, Steven A. Bozsi