Patents by Inventor Don Pettey

Don Pettey 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).

  • Techniques for generating a trustworthiness score in an online environment
    Patent number: 8781984
    Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure relate to techniques for determining trustworthiness scores for entities in an online environment. Often, the techniques gather behavioral information regarding entities from a number of different online sources, and then process this information to generate the trustworthiness scores. In some embodiments, a portion of one entity's score can be scaled with regards to a corresponding portion of another entity's score. In still other embodiments, an entity can be provided with a trustworthiness score that has different category components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: Ben Schreiner, Don Pettey, Dennis King
  • TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A TRUSTWORTHINESS SCORE IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120072384
    Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure relate to techniques for determining trustworthiness scores for entities in an online environment. Often, the techniques gather behavioral information regarding entities from a number of different online sources, and then process this information to generate the trustworthiness scores. In some embodiments, a portion of one entity's score can be scaled with regards to a corresponding portion of another entity's score. In still other embodiments, an entity can be provided with a trustworthiness score that has different category components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Ben Schreiner, Don Pettey, Dennis King