Patents by Inventor Damien Plower

Damien Plower 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).

  • System, method, and computer program for recommending web content to a user
    Patent number: 8321793
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for recommending web content to a user. In one embodiment, a user is directed to a page of a website, the page including links to a plurality of subpages. Additionally, a number of visits by the user directed from the page to each of the subpages are tracked. Further, one of the subpages with a highest number of visits is designated as a new entry page for the user. Moreover, the user is automatically redirected to the new entry page during subsequent visits by the user to the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Amdocs Software Systems Limited
    Inventors: Paul Cotter, Bartosz Jablonski, Damien Plower, Keith Bradley
  • Systems and methods for detecting click fraud
    Patent number: 8135615
    Abstract: A method for detecting click fraud. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: directing a user to an item but delaying the internal ratings update of the item; collecting data to build a model of the user; building the model of the user in response to the collected data; determining the trustworthiness of the user in response to the model of the user; and updating internal ratings of the item in response to the trustworthiness of the user. In various embodiments, the click fraud can be the inflation of advertisement clicks, the inflation of popularity or the inflation of reputation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Amdocs Software Systems Limited
    Inventors: Keith Joseph Bradley, Paul Cotter, Damien Plower, Juraj {hacek over (S)}ofranko
  • Systems and methods for detecting click fraud
    Publication number: 20090157417
    Abstract: A method for detecting click fraud. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: directing a user to an item but delaying the internal ratings update of the item; collecting data to build a model of the user; building the model of the user in response to the collected data; determining the trustworthiness of the user in response to the model of the user; and updating internal ratings of the item in response to the trustworthiness of the user. In various embodiments, the click fraud can be the inflation of advertisement clicks, the inflation of popularity or the inflation of reputation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ChangingWorlds Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith Joseph Bradley, Paul Cotter, Damien Plower, Juraj Sofranko