Patents by Inventor Lachlan Maxwell

Lachlan Maxwell 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: 10567421
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying human users on a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. McQueen, Lachlan A. Maxwell, William C. Wakefield, III
  • Patent number: 10554639
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the resetting of online identities or accounts of users of Internet web pages. One method includes: receiving, through an electronic device, a request to reset login information to access a web page associated with the user's online account; determining that an IP address associated with the request is not identified as being suspicious; receiving user data intrinsic to the user's request; automatically verifying two or more values of the data intrinsic to the user's request as being indicative of a level of trust of the identity of the user; and transmitting, to the user over the Internet, a subset of options to reset the login information, the subset being selected based on the level of trust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventor: Lachlan A. Maxwell
  • Patent number: 10530807
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a plurality of failed login records that correspond to failed login attempts detected by a computing system, to identify suspicious patterns of activity that can facilitate the supplementation of password blacklists for improving account security. To accomplish the foregoing, failed login records that include information associated with failed login attempts are obtained for analysis. The failed login records are analyzed to identify a set of failed login records that show initial characteristics of a suspicious pattern of activity. The information included in the set of failed login records are further analyzed to determine whether a suspicious pattern of activity is actually present. When a suspicious pattern of activity is identified in the set of failed login records, the passwords used in the failed login attempts are stored in password blacklists associated with the account identifier(s) with which the passwords were used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Lachlan A. Maxwell, Donald J. McQueen, William C. Wakefield, III
  • Publication number: 20190253451
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a plurality of failed login records that correspond to failed login attempts detected by a computing system, to identify suspicious patterns of activity that can facilitate the supplementation of password blacklists for improving account security. To accomplish the foregoing, failed login records that include information associated with failed login attempts are obtained for analysis. The failed login records are analyzed to identify a set of failed login records that show initial characteristics of a suspicious pattern of activity. The information included in the set of failed login records are further analyzed to determine whether a suspicious pattern of activity is actually present. When a suspicious pattern of activity is identified in the set of failed login records, the passwords used in the failed login attempts are stored in password blacklists associated with the account identifier(s) with which the passwords were used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Lachlan A. Maxwell, Donald J. McQueen, William C. Wakefield, III
  • Publication number: 20190121830
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for pairing users for electronic communications over a network. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for pairing users that request a chat encounter or other form of electronic communication. The operations of the method include receiving a request from a first user and calculating a plurality of pairing scores, each pairing score based on a collaborative filtering score. The method further includes selecting a second user based on the plurality of pairing scores and pairing the first user with the second user to enable electronic communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Lachlan MAXWELL, Donald Jeffrey McQueen
  • Patent number: 10270801
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a plurality of failed login records that correspond to failed login attempts detected by a computing system, to identify suspicious patterns of activity that can facilitate the supplementation of password blacklists for improving account security. To accomplish the foregoing, failed login records that include information associated with failed login attempts are obtained for analysis. The failed login records are analyzed to identify a set of failed login records that show initial characteristics of a suspicious pattern of activity. The information included in the set of failed login records are further analyzed to determine whether a suspicious pattern of activity is actually present. When a suspicious pattern of activity is identified in the set of failed login records, the passwords used in the failed login attempts are stored in password blacklists associated with the account identifier(s) with which the passwords were used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Lachlan A. Maxwell, Donald J. McQueen, William C. Wakefield, III
  • Publication number: 20190104145
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying malicious traffic associated with a website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Lachlan A. MAXWELL, Donald J. MCQUEEN
  • Publication number: 20190058699
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the resetting of online identities or accounts of users of Internet web pages. One method includes: receiving, through an electronic device, a request to reset login information to access a web page associated with the user's online account; determining that an IP address associated with the request is not identified as being suspicious; receiving user data intrinsic to the user's request; automatically verifying two or more values of the data intrinsic to the user's request as being indicative of a level of trust of the identity of the user; and transmitting, to the user over the Internet, a subset of options to reset the login information, the subset being selected based on the level of trust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Lachlan A. MAXWELL
  • Patent number: 10178117
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying malicious traffic associated with a website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Lachlan A. Maxwell, Donald J. McQueen
  • Publication number: 20180375664
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for cryptographic signing of content requests. One method includes receiving, at a content network, a content request from a publisher website, the publisher website purporting to be associated with a publisher domain. At the content network, a public key may be received associated with the publisher domain. At the content network, at least one policy may be received associated with the publisher domain. It may be determined whether the content request comprises a cryptographic signature. If it is determined that the content request does not comprise a cryptographic signature, content may or may not be provided to the publisher website according to the policy from the publisher domain. If it is determined that the content request comprises a cryptographic signature, the cryptographic signature of the request may be validated using the public key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Lachlan A. Maxwell, Andrew Braksator, George Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20180343280
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying human users on a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Donald J. McQueen, Lachlan A. Maxwell, William C. Wakefield, III
  • Patent number: 10142302
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the resetting of online identities or accounts of users of Internet web pages. One method includes: receiving, through an electronic device, a request to reset login information to access a web page associated with the user's online account; determining that an IP address associated with the request is not identified as being suspicious; receiving user data intrinsic to the user's request; automatically verifying two or more values of the data intrinsic to the user's request as being indicative of a level of trust of the identity of the user; and transmitting, to the user over the Internet, a subset of options to reset the login information, the subset being selected based on the level of trust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventor: Lachlan A. Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20180332058
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying malicious traffic associated with a website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Lachlan A. Maxwell, Donald J. McQueen
  • Publication number: 20180174064
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining if an account identifier is computer-generated. One method includes receiving the account identifier, dividing the account identifier into a plurality of fragments, and determining one or more features of at least one of the fragments. The method further includes determining the commonness of at least one of the fragments, and determining if the account identifier is computer-generated based on the features of at least one of the fragments, and the commonness of at least one of the fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. MCQUEEN, Lachlan A. MAXWELL
  • Patent number: 9928465
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining if an account identifier is computer-generated. One method includes receiving the account identifier, dividing the account identifier into a plurality of fragments, and determining one or more features of at least one of the fragments. The method further includes determining the commonness of at least one of the fragments, and determining if the account identifier is computer-generated based on the features of at least one of the fragments, and the commonness of at least one of the fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. McQueen, Lachlan A. Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20170214712
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a plurality of failed login records that correspond to failed login attempts detected by a computing system, to identify suspicious patterns of activity that can facilitate the supplementation of password blacklists for improving account security. To accomplish the foregoing, failed login records that include information associated with failed login attempts are obtained for analysis. The failed login records are analyzed to identify a set of failed login records that show initial characteristics of a suspicious pattern of activity. The information included in the set of failed login records are further analyzed to determine whether a suspicious pattern of activity is actually present. When a suspicious pattern of activity is identified in the set of failed login records, the passwords used in the failed login attempts are stored in password blacklists associated with the account identifier(s) with which the passwords were used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: LACHLAN A. MAXWELL, DONALD J. McQUEEN, WILLIAM C. WAKEFIELD, III
  • Patent number: 9633376
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a meta-social graph. In accordance with one implementation, a computerized method comprises collecting a plurality of different online identities of a first online user, each of the different online identities corresponding to a unique social network system. The method also includes collecting a plurality of communication data associated with the first user and determining bi-directional connections of the first user with other users from the collected communication data. In addition, the method may also include creating a meta-social graph from the determined bi-directional connections and the plurality of different online identities and generating a global identifier for the first user. The method also includes storing, in at least one memory device, the meta-social graph with at least one of the generated global identifier, the determined bi-directional connections, and the collected communication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: George F. Fletcher, Lachlan A. Maxwell, Travis A. Walker
  • Publication number: 20160277371
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the resetting of online identities or accounts of users of Internet web pages. One method includes: receiving, through an electronic device, a request to reset login information to access a web page associated with the user's online account; determining that an IP address associated with the request is not identified as being suspicious; receiving user data intrinsic to the user's request; automatically verifying two or more values of the data intrinsic to the user's request as being indicative of a level of trust of the identity of the user; and transmitting, to the user over the Internet, a subset of options to reset the login information, the subset being selected based on the level of trust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Lachlan A. MAXWELL
  • Patent number: 9386011
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the resetting of online identities or accounts of users of Internet web pages. One method includes: receiving, through an electronic device, a request to reset login information to access a web page associated with the user's online account; determining that an IP address associated with the request is not identified as being suspicious; receiving user data intrinsic to the user's request; automatically verifying two or more values of the data intrinsic to the user's request as being indicative of a level of trust of the identity of the user; and transmitting, to the user over the Internet, a subset of options to reset the login information, the subset being selected based on the level of trust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventor: Lachlan A. Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20150381540
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is provided for generating a reputation record and filtering electronic messages, each reputation record including a reputation score and a reputation key. The method includes receiving at least one incoming event notification, including a reputation key; determining, based on the reputation key, whether a corresponding reputation record exists; creating a new reputation record if the corresponding reputation record does not exist; determining a trust determination function based on the incoming event notification; calculating a reputation score based on the determined trust determination function, the incoming event notification, and an attribute associated with the reputation key; storing the calculated reputation score along with the reputation key in either the new reputation record or the corresponding reputation record; and filtering one or more electronic messages based on the calculated reputation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: James SARGENT, Sylvia Margot ROMARY, Jean-Jacques MOORTGAT, Lachlan MAXWELL, Michael ADKINS, Ding XIAO