Patents Assigned to Elan Branch, LLC
  • Publication number: 20140325056
    Abstract: A software and/or hardware facility for scoring the quality of traffic to a site accessible via the Internet or other network. The facility may evaluate traffic based on multiple agent actions in order to detect bogus agent actions. The agent actions may be generic agent actions that are applicable to substantially all network sites. The facility may characterize the quality of an agent's interaction with the network site based on whether one or more of the multiple agent actions occurred during the agent's interaction. The facility may generate non-binary generic and custom scores, classifying traffic as fraudulent if its custom score is substantially higher than its generic score. The facility may characterize the quality of traffic to a network site based on dual algorithms. A first algorithm may be applied to traffic that is statistically significant, while a second algorithm may be applied to traffic that is not statistically significant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Elan Branch, LLC
    Inventor: Vincent Granville
  • Patent number: 8775257
    Abstract: A method and system for preserving scores of the quality of traffic to network sites, so that the scores are consistent over time and/or are comparable across clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Elan Branch, LLC
    Inventor: Vincent Granville
  • Patent number: 8620746
    Abstract: A software and/or hardware facility for scoring the quality of traffic to a site accessible via the Internet or other network. The facility may evaluate traffic based on multiple agent actions in order to detect bogus agent actions. The agent actions may be generic agent actions that are applicable to substantially all network sites. The facility may characterize the quality of an agent's interaction with the network site based on whether one or more of the multiple agent actions occurred during the agent's interaction. The facility may generate non-binary generic and custom scores, classifying traffic as fraudulent if its custom score is substantially higher than its generic score. The facility may characterize the quality of traffic to a network site based on dual algorithms. A first algorithm may be applied to traffic that is statistically significant, while a second algorithm may be applied to traffic that is not statistically significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Elan Branch, LLC
    Inventor: Vincent Granville