Patents by Inventor Jason M. Wicker

Jason M. Wicker 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).

  • Patent number: 11374959
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying and circumventing a security scanner includes monitoring incoming traffic to a web application, identifying a portion of the incoming traffic as security scanner traffic by comparing the incoming traffic to a security scanner traffic profile, and circumventing the security scanner by providing dummy content or signaling the web application to provide dummy content. The security scanner traffic profile is created by receiving web application traffic generated by a plurality of security scanners; identifying web application traffic features common to at least a portion of the plurality of security scanners by modelling using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the like; and generating the security scanner traffic profile based on the identified web application traffic features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason M. Wicker, Travis Cornwell, Matthew Munse
  • Patent number: 10728095
    Abstract: A user-device configured server code trace request that specifies an element identifier of a specified user-device interface element served by a server device and a server code tracing depth specified by a user of a user device is received at the server device from the user device served by the server device. Using the specified element identifier, a granular server code trace of server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to a portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Devang Patel, Matthew T. Pellas, Jason M. Wicker, Ryan R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200169580
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying and circumventing a security scanner includes monitoring incoming traffic to a web application, identifying a portion of the incoming traffic as security scanner traffic by comparing the incoming traffic to a security scanner traffic profile, and circumventing the security scanner by providing dummy content or signaling the web application to provide dummy content. The security scanner traffic profile is created by receiving web application traffic generated by a plurality of security scanners; identifying web application traffic features common to at least a portion of the plurality of security scanners by modelling using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the like; and generating the security scanner traffic profile based on the identified web application traffic features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Jason M. Wicker, Travis Cornwell, Matthew Munse
  • Publication number: 20180278476
    Abstract: A user-device configured server code trace request that specifies an element identifier of a specified user-device interface element served by a server device and a server code tracing depth specified by a user of a user device is received at the server device from the user device served by the server device. Using the specified element identifier, a granular server code trace of server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to a portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Devang Patel, Matthew T. Pellas, Jason M. Wicker, Ryan R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10003499
    Abstract: A user-device configured server code trace request that specifies an element identifier of a specified user-device interface element served by a server and a server code tracing depth specified by a user of a user device is received at the server device from the user device served by the server device. Using the specified element identifier, a granular server code trace of server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to a portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is configured. The configured granular server code trace of the server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to the portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Devang Patel, Matthew T. Pellas, Jason M. Wicker, Ryan R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20170070392
    Abstract: A user-device configured server code trace request that specifies an element identifier of a specified user-device interface element served by a server and a server code tracing depth specified by a user of a user device is received at the server device from the user device served by the server device. Using the specified element identifier, a granular server code trace of server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to a portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is configured. The configured granular server code trace of the server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to the portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Devang Patel, Matthew T. Pellas, Jason M. Wicker, Ryan R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 9546880
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide turn-by-turn directions to a group of users who wish to meet one another. The systems and methods make use of a client application running on client-side devices such as smart phones in conjunction with a server-side application running on a server. The identity of the final meeting place may not be determined until the users are in close proximity to it, as its location is subject to continuous updating using the geo-coordinates of the users as they travel. Additionally, the meeting place may be determined in part by the users' individual preferences. These preferences, along with the locations of the users, may be kept hidden from other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jason M. Wicker
  • Patent number: 9354071
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide turn-by-turn directions to a group of users who wish to meet one another. The systems and methods make use of a client application running on client-side devices such as smart phones in conjunction with a server-side application running on a server. The identity of the final meeting place may not be determined until the users are in close proximity to it, as its location is subject to continuous updating using the geo-coordinates of the users as they travel. Additionally, the meeting place may be determined in part by the users' individual preferences. These preferences, along with the locations of the users, may be kept hidden from other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jason M. Wicker
  • Publication number: 20160091330
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide turn-by-turn directions to a group of users who wish to meet one another. The systems and methods make use of a client application running on client-side devices such as smart phones in conjunction with a server-side application running on a server. The identity of the final meeting place may not be determined until the users are in close proximity to it, as its location is subject to continuous updating using the geo-coordinates of the users as they travel. Additionally, the meeting place may be determined in part by the users' individual preferences. These preferences, along with the locations of the users, may be kept hidden from other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Jason M. Wicker
  • Publication number: 20160091329
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide turn-by-turn directions to a group of users who wish to meet one another. The systems and methods make use of a client application running on client-side devices such as smart phones in conjunction with a server-side application running on a server. The identity of the final meeting place may not be determined until the users are in close proximity to it, as its location is subject to continuous updating using the geo-coordinates of the users as they travel. Additionally, the meeting place may be determined in part by the users' individual preferences. These preferences, along with the locations of the users, may be kept hidden from other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Jason M. Wicker
  • Patent number: 8949709
    Abstract: A web client is controlled to actively ignore scripts in certain portions of a web document using control instructions in the form of a special pair of markup language “tags.” A tag pair of this type is defined by a first tag, and a second tag paired with the first tag to form the tag pair. Each of the first and second tags includes a same identifier, and the tag pair is adapted to be recognized by a browser interpreter to instruct the web client to ignore given information located with the tag pair. Thus, when a web document is received by a web client, it is parsed (by the interpreter) in the usual manner. Upon determining that the tag pair is present, the browser bypasses (ignores) given information (typically, a script) located with the tag pair. Bypassing the script reduces the possibility that the script can be used for malicious purposes, such as an XSS attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason M. Wicker, Ryan R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8707028
    Abstract: A cookie attribute for use during secure HTTP transport sessions. This attribute points to a server-supplied certificate and, in particular, a digital certificate. The cookie attribute includes a value, and that value is designed to correspond to one or more content fields in the digital certificate. During a first https session, a first web application executing on a first server provides a web browser with the cookie having the server certificate identifier attribute set to a value corresponding to a content field in a server certificate. Later, when the browser is accessing a second server during a second https session, the browser verifies that the value in the cookie matches a corresponding value in the server certificate received from the second server before sending the cookie to the second server. This approach ensures that the cookie is presented only over specified https connections and to trusted organizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jason M. Wicker