Patents by Inventor Ghita Mezzour

Ghita Mezzour 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).

  • Network Reputation System And Its Controlling Method Thereof
    Publication number: 20130024693
    Abstract: A network reputation system and its controlling method are provided. A credential and exchange component permits a user to generate credentials and exchange matching items with those persons having a social relationship with the user. A reputation evaluation component enables other users to make evaluations about an estimatee via the sharing of social network information. A query and response component receives a query from a person having a social relationship with the user for requesting an evaluation about the estimatee, and responds with an associated evaluation result to the person having a social relationship with the user, via the sharing of social network information and the evaluations made by the other users about the estimatee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shin-Yan Chiou, Shih-Ying Chang, Ghita Mezzour, Adrian Perrig, Hung-Min Sun
  • Method for sending and receiving an evaluation of reputation in a social network
    Patent number: 8312276
    Abstract: A network reputation system and its controlling method are provided. A credential and exchange component permits a user to generate credentials and exchange matching items with those persons having a social relationship with the user. A reputation evaluation component enables other users to make evaluations about an estimatee via the sharing of social network information. A query and response component receives a query from a person having a social relationship with the user for requesting an evaluation about the estimatee, and responds with an associated evaluation result to the person having a social relationship with the user, via the sharing of social network information and the evaluations made by the other users about the estimatee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shin-Yan Chiou, Shih-Ying Chang, Ghita Mezzour, Adrian Perrig, Hung-Min Sun
  • Network Reputation System And Its Controlling Method Thereof
    Publication number: 20100205430
    Abstract: A network reputation system and its controlling method are provided. A credentials and exchange component permits a user to generate credentials and exchange matching keys with those persons having a social relationship with the user. A reputation evaluation component enables other users to make evaluations about an estimatee via the sharing of social network information. A query and response component receives a query from a person having a social relationship with the user for requesting an evaluation about the estimatee, and responds an associated evaluation result to the person having a social relationship with the user, via the sharing of social network information and the evaluations made by the other users about the estimatee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Shin-Yan Chiou, Shih-Ying Chang, Ghita Mezzour, Adrian Perrig, Hung-Min Sun