Patents by Inventor Mark Kosters

Mark Kosters 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: 9769035
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain including analyzing counter data and information obtained from a web site associated with the domain. Methods may include receiving requests to resolve the domain at an authoritative domain resolution server. A counter may be incremented for the domain based on the received requests. Information may be obtained from a web page associated with the domain. For example, obtaining information from the web page may include obtaining quantitative, qualitative, and/or functional information from the web page, such as link information, a status of network links corresponding to the link information, and associated ratios. The status of link information may include searching for functional details and/or results, such as, domain redirections, domain errors, mirror content, and commonly linked sites. A score may be calculated for the domain based upon the counter data and the information obtained from the web page associated with the domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Shevek Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Publication number: 20160261470
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain web traffic based on DNS traffic requests received at an authoritative name server to resolve the domain name. A request to resolve the domain name is received at an authoritative name server. A counter, such as a server counter or a hit counter, for the domain name is incremented based on the received request. A score, such as a domain traffic score or a domain rank, is calculated based upon a count of the counter. Calculating the score may also include applying a weighting factor to the counters based on information about a requesting set of resolvers and other domains/websites that may be linking and driving traffic to the domain whose traffic score is being calculated. Examples of relevant set of resolvers information may include location, traffic levels, traffic type and architecture of the set of resolvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Shevek Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Publication number: 20150089056
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain including analyzing counter data and information obtained from a web site associated with the domain. Methods may include receiving requests to resolve the domain at an authoritative domain resolution server. A counter may be incremented for the domain based on the received requests. Information may be obtained from a web page associated with the domain. For example, obtaining information from the web page may include obtaining quantitative, qualitative, and/or functional information from the web page, such as link information, a status of network links corresponding to the link information, and associated ratios. The status of link information may include searching for functional details and/or results, such as, domain redirections, domain errors, mirror content, and commonly linked sites. A score may be calculated for the domain based upon the counter data and the information obtained from the web page associated with the domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Shevek Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Publication number: 20150058139
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain web traffic based on DNS traffic requests received at an authoritative name server to resolve the domain name. A request to resolve the domain name is received at an authoritative name server. A counter, such as a server counter or a hit counter, for the domain name is incremented based on the received request. A score, such as a domain traffic score or a domain rank, is calculated based upon a count of the counter. Calculating the score may also include applying a weighting factor to the counters based on information about a requesting set of resolvers and other domains/websites that may be linking and driving traffic to the domain whose traffic score is being calculated. Examples of relevant set of resolvers information may include location, traffic levels, traffic type and architecture of the set of resolvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Shevek Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Patent number: 8909760
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain including analyzing counter data and information obtained from a web site associated with the domain. Methods may include receiving requests to resolve the domain at an authoritative domain resolution server. A counter may be incremented for the domain based on the received requests. Information may be obtained from a web page associated with the domain. For example, obtaining information from the web page may include obtaining quantitative, qualitative, and/or functional information from the web page, such as link information, a status of network links corresponding to the link information, and associated ratios. The status of link information may include searching for functional details and/or results, such as, domain redirections, domain errors, mirror content, and commonly linked sites. A score may be calculated for the domain based upon the counter data and the information obtained from the web page associated with the domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Verisign, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Holmes, Andrew Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Yona Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Patent number: 8527658
    Abstract: An automated method for determining domain traffic including receiving at authoritative name server a request to resolve a domain name that has n labels separated by periods. The leftmost label is the first label and the top level domain is the nth label. If the first label of the received domain name includes the string “www”, then a www hit counter and/or a www requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. If the received domain name has only two labels, then an exact hit counter and/or an exact requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. If the first label of the received domain name does not include the string “www” and does not have only two labels, then another hit counter and/or another requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. A domain traffic score is calculated based upon a plurality of the counters, and calculating the domain traffic score includes applying a weighting factor to at least one of the counters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Verisign, Inc
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Leonard Orentas, Mark Kosters, Dave Moston, Eduardo Jimenez, Phani Pattapu
  • Patent number: 8521908
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain web traffic based on DNS traffic requests received at an authoritative name server to resolve the domain name. A request to resolve the domain name is received at an authoritative name server. A counter, such as a server counter or a hit counter, for the domain name is incremented based on the received request. A score, such as a domain traffic score or a domain rank, is calculated based upon a count of the counter. Calculating the score may also include applying a weighting factor to the counters based on information about a requesting set of resolvers and other domains/websites that may be linking and driving traffic to the domain whose traffic score is being calculated. Examples of relevant set of resolvers information may include location, traffic levels, traffic type and architecture of the set of resolvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Verisign, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Shevek Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Publication number: 20110087769
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain including analyzing counter data and information obtained from a web site associated with the domain. Methods may include receiving requests to resolve the domain at an authoritative domain resolution server. A counter may be incremented for the domain based on the received requests. Information may be obtained from a web page associated with the domain. For example, obtaining information from the web page may include obtaining quantitative, qualitative, and/or functional information from the web page, such as link information, a status of network links corresponding to the link information, and associated ratios. The status of link information may include searching for functional details and/or results, such as, domain redirections, domain errors, mirror content, and commonly linked sites. A score may be calculated for the domain based upon the counter data and the information obtained from the web page associated with the domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Shevek Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Publication number: 20100257266
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring a domain web traffic based on DNS traffic requests received at an authoritative name server to resolve the domain name. A request to resolve the domain name is received at an authoritative name server. A counter, such as a server counter or a hit counter, for the domain name is incremented based on the received request. A score, such as a domain traffic score or a domain rank, is calculated based upon a count of the counter. Calculating the score may also include applying a weighting factor to the counters based on information about a requesting set of resolvers and other domains/websites that may be linking and driving traffic to the domain whose traffic score is being calculated. Examples of relevant set of resolvers information may include location, traffic levels, traffic type and architecture of the set of resolvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eyal Lanxner, Nir Zohar, Leonard Orentas, Matt Larson, Mark Kosters, Shevek Mankin, Tamir Kamara
  • Publication number: 20100257024
    Abstract: An automated method for determining domain traffic including receiving at authoritative name server a request to resolve a domain name that has n labels separated by periods. The leftmost label is the first label and the top level domain is the nth label. If the first label of the received domain name includes the string “www”, then a www hit counter and/or a www requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. If the received domain name has only two labels, then an exact hit counter and/or an exact requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. If the first label of the received domain name does not include the string “www” and does not have only two labels, then another hit counter and/or another requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. A domain traffic score is calculated based upon a plurality of the counters, and calculating the domain traffic score includes applying a weighting factor to at least one of the counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Holmes, Andrew W. Simpson, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Leonard Orentas, Mark Kosters, Dave Moston, Eduardo Jimenez, Phani Pattapu