Patents by Inventor MICHAEL J. VANDEMAR

MICHAEL J. VANDEMAR 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: 9264438
    Abstract: A method of advertising using an electronic processor authorization challenge. An advertisement is combined with an authorization key to form an image. An electronic processor disassembles the image and presents the disassembled image to a user by a graphical user interface as an authorization challenge. The authorization challenge can be successfully overcome by a human user reassembling the divided image, then recognizing the authorization key, and then responding to the authorization key. The authorization key is data configured to be inputted into an electronic processor by a human user or data corresponding to a command configured to be performed by a human user. The authorization key can be an advertisement, a feature of an advertisement, a coupon, a CAPTCHA, a Reverse Turing Test, a command, an image, a string of text, a number, a letter, a symbol, a combination of a number, a letter, or a symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: Michael J. Vandemar
  • Publication number: 20160036821
    Abstract: A method of advertising using an electronic processor authorization challenge. An advertisement is combined with an authorization key to form an image. An electronic processor disassembles the image and presents the disassembled image to a user by a graphical user interface as an authorization challenge. The authorization challenge can be successfully overcome by a human user reassembling the divided image, then recognizing the authorization key, and then responding to the authorization key. The authorization key is data configured to be inputted into an electronic processor by a human user or data corresponding to a command configured to be performed by a human user. The authorization key can be an advertisement, a feature of an advertisement, a coupon, a CAPTCHA, a Reverse Turing Test, a command, an image, a string of text, a number, a letter, a symbol, a combination of a number, a letter, or a symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Michael J. VANDEMAR
  • Patent number: 9038139
    Abstract: In a Reverse Turing Test an applicant seeking access to a computer process is presented with an image containing human-readable data that is intended to be inaccessible to an automated process or bot. In an improved Reverse Turing Test the applicant is presented with multiple sub-images that have to be rearranged in order to yield the overall image. This does not substantially increase a human applicant's difficulty in dealing with the test, but makes it much more difficult for a bot to interpret the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventor: Michael J. Vandemar
  • Patent number: 8627419
    Abstract: In a Reverse Turing Test an applicant seeking access to a computer process is presented with an image containing human-readable data that is intended to be inaccessible to an automated process or bot. In an improved Reverse Turing Test the applicant is presented with multiple sub-images that have to be rearranged in order to yield the overall image. This does not substantially increase a human applicant's difficulty in dealing with the test, but makes it much more difficult for a bot to interpret the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventor: Michael J VanDeMar
  • Publication number: 20130036457
    Abstract: In a Reverse Turing Test an applicant seeking access to a computer process is presented with an image containing human-readable data that is intended to be inaccessible to an automated process or bot. In an improved Reverse Turing Test the applicant is presented with multiple sub-images that have to be rearranged in order to yield the overall image. This does not substantially increase a human applicant's difficulty in dealing with the test, but makes it much more difficult for a bot to interpret the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: MICHAEL J. VANDEMAR