Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Wharton

Kenneth E. Wharton 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: 9843573
    Abstract: Methods of the present inventions allow for determining website secure certificate status via a partner browser plugin. An exemplary method may comprise storing, on a server communicatively coupled to a network, a plugin configured to determine the secure certificate status of a website browsed in the browser. A request for the plugin, from a partner having a unique identifier, may be received at the server. The plugin may be coded with the partner's unique identifier and transmitted to the partner. The server subsequently may receive, from the plugin, the website's uniform resource locator and secure certificate status along with the partner's unique identifier, which may be used to identify the source of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Wharton
  • Publication number: 20160087974
    Abstract: Methods of the present inventions allow for determining website secure certificate status via a partner browser plugin. An exemplary method may comprise storing, on a server communicatively coupled to a network, a plugin configured to determine the secure certificate status of a website browsed in the browser. A request for the plugin, from a partner having a unique identifier, may be received at the server. The plugin may be coded with the partner's unique identifier and transmitted to the partner. The server subsequently may receive, from the plugin, the website's uniform resource locator and secure certificate status along with the partner's unique identifier, which may be used to identify the source of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Wharton
  • Patent number: 9225511
    Abstract: Systems of the present inventions allow for determining website secure certificate status via a partner browser plugin. An exemplary system may comprise a server communicatively coupled to a network hosting a first website configured to receive a request for a plugin from a partner. The plugin may be configured to determine the secure certificate status of a second website browsed in a browser on the partner's computing device. The system further may comprise a plugin request processing module, perhaps running on the server, configured to receive a request for the plugin from the partner, code the plugin with a unique identifier identifying the partner, and transmit the coded plugin to the partner. A status receipt module, perhaps also running on the server, may be configured to receive, from the plugin, the second website's uniform resource locator and secure certificate status, and the partner's unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Wharton
  • Patent number: 6829475
    Abstract: An internet radio for portable applications and uses such as in an automobile enables saving enhanced information contained in content sent to a wireless communication device to be saved, and comprises the steps of transmitting content to said wireless communication device; transmitting enhanced information related to said content to said wireless communication device; detecting the selection by a user to receive the enhanced information; and transmitting the enhanced information to the user. Customized information is also communicated to the radio such as stock quotes, travel information, advertising, and e-mail. Onboard global positioning allows for channel updating by location, traffic information, geographic advertising and available similar content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Lee, Steven S. Gubka, William S. Hede, Bernhard P. Weisshaar, Kenneth E. Wharton