Patents Assigned to Cognant LLC
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Patent number: 11360875Abstract: A method, a system, and an article are provided for detecting and managing anomalies associated with content presentations. An example computer-implemented method can include: obtaining a stream of data including a record of clicks on a plurality of client devices; aggregating the stream of data to generate a batch click stream for each of the client devices; processing the stream of data using a real-time anomaly detector to detect a first anomaly indicating that at least one of the client devices was previously associated with fraudulent clicks; processing each batch click stream using a batch anomaly detector to detect a second anomaly indicating that at least one of the batch click streams includes fraudulent clicks; and facilitating an adjustment of content presentations on the client devices, based on at least one of the detected first anomaly and the detected second anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Cognant LLCInventors: Heng Wang, Arun Kejariwal, James Koh, Ishan Upadhyaya, Owen S. Vallis
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Patent number: 10789357Abstract: A method, a system, and an article are provided for detecting and managing anomalies associated with content presentations. An example computer-implemented method includes: obtaining a stream of data including a record of software installations on a plurality of client devices; processing the stream of data using a real-time anomaly detector to detect a first anomaly indicating that a client device was previously associated with fraudulent software installation activity; aggregating the stream of data to generate a batch record of software installations for each publisher from a plurality of content publishers; processing each batch record of software installations using a batch anomaly detector to detect a second anomaly indicating that at least one of the publishers is associated with fraudulent software installation activity; and facilitating an adjustment of content presentations on the client devices, based on at least one of the detected first anomaly and the detected second anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Cognant LLCInventors: Heng Wang, Wei Yang, Neal Nakagawa, Daniel Gelman, Matt Holland, Ishan Upadhyaya, James Koh, Brian Walker, Susanna Orr, Vivek Girotra, Owen S. Vallis
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Patent number: 10646784Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a method, a system, and an article for incentivizing users of an online game. An example computer-implemented method can include: providing an online game on a client device of a user; providing on the client device a first request for content to be presented on the client device; determining that at least a portion of the content has been presented on the client device and, in response, providing the user with a first reward for the online game; providing on the client device a plurality of second requests, wherein each second request comprises a respective task for the user to perform; determining that one of the second requests has been selected and that at least a portion of the respective task has been performed and, in response, providing the user with a respective second reward for the online game.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Cognant LLCInventors: Ethan Anderson, Yonatan Ellert, Rohan Verma, Sophia Cao, Matt Holland
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Patent number: 10547658Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a method, a system, and an article for managing the presentation of content on client devices. An example computer-implemented method can include: receiving, from a client device, an indication of a presentation state (including a sound state) on the client device; providing the indication of the presentation state to a plurality of content providers; receiving from each content provider a proposal to present an item of content on the client device; selecting one of the proposals; and sending, to the client device, an identification of the item of content associated with the selected proposal.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Cognant LLCInventor: Jared Maruskin
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Patent number: 10491697Abstract: A method, a system, and an article are provided for detecting bot users of a software application. An example method can include: providing a client application to a plurality of users; obtaining device-based data and application-based data for each user, the device-based data including a description of at least one computer component used to run the client application, the application-based data including a history of user interactions with the client application; aggregating the data to obtain a plurality of bot signals for each user; analyzing the bot signals to detect a bot among the plurality of users; and preventing the bot from accessing the client application.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Cognant LLCInventors: Heng Wang, Owen S. Vallis, Arun Kejariwal, Harsh Singhal, William Hatzer, James Koh
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Patent number: 10406442Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a method, a system, and an article for incentivizing users of an online game. An example computer-implemented method can include: providing an online game on a client device of a user; providing on the client device a first request for content to be presented on the client device; determining that at least a portion of the content has been presented on the client device and, in response, providing the user with a first reward for the online game; providing on the client device a plurality of second requests, wherein each second request comprises a respective task for the user to perform; determining that one of the second requests has been selected and that at least a portion of the respective task has been performed and, in response, providing the user with a respective second reward for the online game.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Cognant LLCInventors: Ethan Anderson, Yonatan Ellert, Rohan Verma, Sophia Cao, Matt Holland