Patents by Inventor Fitsum Tekle

Fitsum Tekle 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).

  • Apparatus, method and article to facilitate automatic detection and removal of fraudulent advertising accounts in a network environment
    Patent number: 10108968
    Abstract: A fraudulent advertiser account detection system may be used by a Website operator to identify active advertiser accounts as at least one of either a known valid advertiser account or a known fraudulent advertiser account. Each advertiser account has a logically associated account profile. Each account profile includes a number of advertiser attributes, each attribute having one or more logically associated attribute values characterizing the respective advertiser. Using a plurality of known valid advertiser accounts and plurality of known fraudulent advertiser accounts, the system determines a number of initial probabilities and likelihoods that one or more attribute values and/or attribute value combinations present in an advertiser account profile indicate at least one of a known valid or a known fraudulent advertiser account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: PLENTYOFFISH MEDIA ULC
    Inventors: Fitsum Tekle, Steve Oldridge, Thomas Levi