Patents by Inventor Joel Alan Ronning

Joel Alan Ronning 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: 8271396
    Abstract: An electronic commerce system managing sale and distribution of products over the Internet or other type of network. In order to prevent attempts by users to fraudulently obtain the products, system analyzes the information submitted by the users in connection with stored and associated information in an order to determine that likelihood that the order is an attempt at fraud. Based upon the determination, system accepts or declines the order. The system also saves the user-entered information for use in determining whether to accept to decline future orders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Digital River, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Alan Ronning, Kelly J. Wical
  • Patent number: 8050980
    Abstract: A download processor for secure downloading of a digital product file when ordered by a user. The order includes a file identifier related to the file and an order identifier related to the order. The download processor performs security checks related to the file, the order, and the user. The file identifier and order identifier are verified based upon information related to the file and the order, and information related to the user is also verified. Based upon the verifications, the download processor selectively permits or denies download of the file to a user machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Digital River, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Alan Ronning, Kelly J. Wical
  • Patent number: 7881972
    Abstract: An electronic commerce system and method for managing sale and distribution of products over the Internet or other type of network is disclosed. In order to prevent attempts by users to fraudulently obtain the products, the system analyzes during an electronic commerce transaction the user-entered information entered by the users into the end user machine in connection with an electronic purchase order for a product to determine a fraud ranking. This fraud ranking indicates a likelihood that the order is attempted fraud based upon a quantitative analysis of a daily bad uses counter by determining a number of times that a piece of received user-entered information from the electronic purchase order appeared on another order that was declined that day. Based upon the determination, the system accepts or declines the order. The system also saves the user-entered information for use in determining whether to accept to decline future orders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Digital River, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Alan Ronning, Kelly J. Wical
  • Publication number: 20100017417
    Abstract: A download processor for secure downloading of a digital product file when ordered by a user. The order includes a file identifier related to the file and an order identifier related to the order. The download processor performs security checks related to the file, the order, and the user. The file identifier and order identifier are verified based upon information related to the file and the order, and information related to the user is also verified. Based upon the verifications, the download processor selectively permits or denies download of the file to a user machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Alan Ronning, Kelly J. Wical