Patents by Inventor Duane E. Weldon

Duane E. Weldon 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).

  • Early fraud detection system
    Patent number: 11049207
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an early fraud detection system. One of the methods includes generating a tracker for a personal communication with a user. The method includes transmitting the personal communication to the user. The method also includes receiving a request identifying the tracker, wherein the request originates from an address. In addition, the method includes detecting a potential security breach based on the address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Duane E. Weldon, Neil Allen Dobbs, Michael Funderburk
  • Phishing scheme detection and termination
    Patent number: 11032317
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for detecting malicious use of a company email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Duane E. Weldon
  • Request header anomaly detection
    Patent number: 10715539
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for detecting an unacceptable HTTP requests by scanning the headers of the HTTP requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Duane E. Weldon
  • Phishing scheme detection and termination
    Patent number: 10609072
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for detecting malicious use of a company email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Duane E. Weldon
  • System for determining a time zone difference between a user's computer and an ISP server
    Patent number: 10334060
    Abstract: A system to determine a difference in a time zone of a user's computer accessing the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) server and the time zone of the ISP server including capturing from a clock of the user's computer the user's time zone, capturing the location of the ISP server, calculating a difference in the time zone of the user's computer and a time zone of the ISP server to determine a delta time zone number; and reporting the delta time zone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Duane E. Weldon