Patents Assigned to INTERNET BRANDS, INC.
  • Publication number: 20170277833
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations including: uploading a first data from a first extractor on a first data source and a second data from a second extractor on a second data source, parsing the first data and the second data to detect one or more patterns within one or more of the first data or the second data, responsive to detecting one or more patterns, automatically selecting a message template corresponding to the one or more detected patterns, populating the selected message template with one or more elements from one or more of the parsed first data or the parsed second data to generate a secure message, the one or more elements corresponding to the one or more detected patterns, and storing the secure message in a secure message exchange module is shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Internet Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Dimitri Rabinovich, Ahmed Morsy
  • Publication number: 20170279788
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations including responsive to receiving notification of completion of creation of a secure remote password (SRP) account, prompting a user for a first input corresponding to a username and a second input corresponding to a personal identification number, responsive to receiving the first input and the second input, verifying that the first input and the second input meet all predetermined requirements, responsive to verifying the first input and the second input meet all predetermined requirements and that the first input is not already stored by the non-transitory storage medium, prompting the user for a third input, the third input being a password corresponding to the SRP account, and storing the third input in the non-transitory storage medium is shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Internet Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Rosenblum, Marjo Fernandez Mercado
  • Patent number: 9201948
    Abstract: A software-implemented method may receive, organize, and aggregate survey answers from multiple survey sources into a single database, regardless of the initial method of collection. Survey answers may require certain common information fields. The survey answers may include media which is transferred from the survey source to the database, and the original copy at the survey source deleted upon a completed transfer. A survey participant may access his own answer, associate it with a user account using a passcode, and make edits to the answer; the source of a survey may also edit an answer by resubmitting the answer. Edited answers may be displayed along with the original version, for instance in a “threaded” display format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Internet Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklin Tseng, Armen Abrahamian, Wade Hewitt, Benjamin Meyer, James Watters
  • Patent number: 9195776
    Abstract: A change manager module in communication with a website receives copies of instructions to change the content or configuration of the website. These instructions are formatted into an entry for a log and stored in a log associated with the website. The entry may contain identifiers for the entry, the party that requested the change, and the website, as well as a timestamp of the time of the change, and information identifying a changed feature of the website and a changed state of the changed feature. A copy of the log entry is also transmitted to a central database in a separate memory from the memory containing the website, which stores entries from multiple websites for viewing and organizing. Entries reflecting undesired changes may then be reverted based on the data in the log entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Internet Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Virendra Chandak, Noam Katz
  • Publication number: 20150324445
    Abstract: A software-implemented method may receive, organize, and aggregate survey answers from multiple survey sources into a single database, regardless of the initial method of collection. Survey answers may require certain common information fields. The survey answers may include media which is transferred from the survey source to the database, and the original copy at the survey source deleted upon a completed transfer. A survey participant may access his own answer, associate it with a user account using a passcode, and make edits to the answer; the source of a survey may also edit an answer by resubmitting the answer. Edited answers may be displayed along with the original version, for instance in a “threaded” display format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Franklin Tseng, Armen Abrahamian, Wade Hewitt, Benjamin Meyer, James Watters
  • Patent number: 9098809
    Abstract: A method and system of detecting the activity of “bots” in an online community, by measuring the time elapsed between user actions and comparing this time to a timespan established as normal for users performing the same user actions without the assistance of bots. The timespan may be adjusted when other suspicion characteristics are detected. When detecting actions suspected to be bot-assisted, the method and system respond by executing one or more response instructions against the user suspected of using the bot, with the aim of preventing further bot activity. The response instructions are stored by associating them with a type of user action and a total number of suspect user actions. As a result, the response instructions may be set to increase in severity with each additional suspect act by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Internet Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrence Kulik, Zhida Sun
  • Publication number: 20150106693
    Abstract: A change manager module in communication with a website receives copies of instructions to change the content or configuration of the website. These instructions are formatted into an entry for a log and stored in a log associated with the website. The entry may contain identifiers for the entry, the party that requested the change, and the website, as well as a timestamp of the time of the change, and information identifying a changed feature of the website and a changed state of the changed feature. A copy of the log entry is also transmitted to a central database in a separate memory from the memory containing the website, which stores entries from multiple websites for viewing and organizing. Entries reflecting undesired changes may then be reverted based on the data in the log entries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Virendra Chandak, Noam Katz
  • Publication number: 20150066832
    Abstract: A method and system of detecting the activity of “bots” in an online community, by measuring the time elapsed between user actions and comparing this time to a timespan established as normal for users performing the same user actions without the assistance of bots. The timespan may be adjusted when other suspicion characteristics are detected. When detecting actions suspected to be bot-assisted, the method and system respond by executing one or more response instructions against the user suspected of using the bot, with the aim of preventing further bot activity. The response instructions are stored by associating them with a type of user action and a total number of suspect user actions. As a result, the response instructions may be set to increase in severity with each additional suspect act by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Internet Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrence Kulik, Zhida Sun
  • Publication number: 20150020004
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a web page or web site including dynamically-generating content, such as a forum, using a framing layout and a series of modules arrangeable within. An interface allows the selection and placement of modules of various types in a simulation of a web page, and configuration data for each module may be set. A layout, or plurality of possible layouts, defines sections into which the modules may be placed. Pages may be organized in a hierarchy such that features of a template page are applied to any page underneath it in the hierarchy. The interface or other component of the system may further allow for the development of additional modules and layouts to be added to the available selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Rosenblum, Kevin Sours, Neal Sainani, Alan Chiu, Fabian Schonholz
  • Publication number: 20150012545
    Abstract: A method and system for scoring individuals within a community, for instance an online forum, based on the individual's contribution to the community in terms of not only quantity but quality. The score is determined by analyzing the activity of the individual, including replies other individuals have made to the individual's activity, and may weigh each reply based on a score of the individual making said reply. Analysis may also consider factors such as number of topics or comments, number of views or subscriptions by other individuals, and/or duration of time since the individual joined the community, among other possibilities. Once all factors are determined, the values of the factors are multiplied by associated weights, then summed for a score. The score may be standardized on a fixed scale as a final operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Noam Katz
  • Publication number: 20110153401
    Abstract: A system and computer program product for testing the validity of coupon codes. Coupon codes can be automatically tested, instead of manually testing them, by having a program select one or more products on a merchant's website and then add them to the shopping cart on the merchant's website. Upon entering the checkout stage on the merchant's website, the program can submit the coupon code to be tested at the checkout stage. The validity of the coupon code is determined based on the status of the coupon code (e.g., expired, approved advertised benefit) returned by the merchant's website. By having a program automatically test coupon codes instead of having a user manually test each coupon code, the validity of coupons code can be more accurately determined in a more efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Bart Jellema, Herman Bosma, Gary Robert Brewer, Mark William Roger Bradley