Patents by Inventor Christopher John Dixon

Christopher John Dixon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Providing alternative web content based on website reputation assessment
    Patent number: 9384345
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving a request for web content from a client computing facility, presenting the web content, and retrieving an indicia of a reputation assessment of the web content and delivering the indicia to the client computing facility in coordination with delivery of the web content to the client computing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • System, method, and computer program product for presenting an indicia of risk reflecting an analysis associated with search results within a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8826155
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk is presented that reflects an analysis in association with at least one of the plurality of search results within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • System, method, and computer program product for presenting an indicia of risk associated with search results within a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8826154
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk associated with the search results is presented, in real-time, within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Indicating website reputations based on website handling of personal information
    Patent number: 8566726
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to the methods and systems involved in receiving an indicator of an attempt by a user to interact with a website and presenting indicia of the website's reputation to the user, the reputation may be at least in part based on information about how an entity associated with the website treats personal information of users of the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Indicating Website reputations during Website manipulation of user information
    Patent number: 8516377
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Indicating website reputations during user interactions
    Patent number: 8438499
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a user with an item of website content and presenting one or more indicia of a website's reputation to the user attempting to interact with the website content. The act of presenting the indicia may be in response to the user's attempted interaction with the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • System, method, and computer program product for presenting an indicia of risk reflecting an analysis associated with search results within a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8429545
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk is presented that reflects an analysis in association with at least one of the plurality of search results within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • INDICATING WEBSITE REPUTATIONS DURING WEBSITE MANIPULATION OF USER INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130014020
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING AN INDICIA OF RISK REFLECTING AN ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH SEARCH RESULTS WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20120311705
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk is presented that reflects an analysis in association with at least one of the plurality of search results within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Indicating website reputations during website manipulation of user information
    Patent number: 8321791
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • System, method, and computer program product for presenting an indicia of risk associated with search results within a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8296664
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk associated with the search results is presented, in real-time, within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING AN INDICIA OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH SEARCH RESULTS WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20120185942
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk associated with the search results is presented, in real-time, within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Determining website reputations using automatic testing
    Patent number: 7822620
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving automatically generating a third party assessment of a website's reputation, and storing an indicia of the assessment in a format and location that may be accessible by a client computing facility attempting to interact with the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Indicating website reputations during an electronic commerce transaction
    Patent number: 7765481
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to the methods and systems involved in receiving an indicator of an attempt by a user to execute an electronic commerce transaction and, upon receiving the indicator of the attempted transaction, presenting indicia of the reputation of another entity involved in the electronic commerce transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • INDICATING WEBSITE REPUTATIONS DURING WEBSITE MANIPULATION OF USER INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20100042931
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Indicating website reputations during website manipulation of user information
    Patent number: 7562304
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Dixon, Thomas Pinckney