Patents by Inventor Michael Makaijani

Michael Makaijani 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).

  • System and method for content filtering
    Patent number: 7650420
    Abstract: The system for content filtering includes at least one content server that stores content. The system also includes at least one client computer configured to transmit a request for the content to the at least one content server. The request contains an address of the content server and a port number associated with such a request for the content. A gateway is coupled to the at least one client computer. The gateway is configured to receive and renumber the request with a new rarely used port number associated with a filter privilege of a user of the at least one client computer. The system also includes a content filtering server, configured to block restricted content based on the filter privilege. Finally, a switch is coupled to the gateway, the content filtering server, and the content server. The switch is configured to listen for the request on the rarely used port number and to redirect the request to the content filtering server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lester J Chong, Michael Makaijani, Douglas Cheline
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT FILTERING
    Publication number: 20080250484
    Abstract: The system for content filtering includes at least one content server that stores content. The system also includes at least one client computer configured to transmit a request for the content to the at least one content server. The request contains an address of the content server and a port number associated with such a request for the content. A gateway is coupled to the at least one client computer. The gateway is configured to receive and renumber the request with a new rarely used port number associated with a filter privilege of a user of the at least one client computer. The system also includes a content filtering server, configured to block restricted content based on the filter privilege. Finally, a switch is coupled to the gateway, the content filtering server, and the content server. The switch is configured to listen for the request on the rarely used port number and to redirect the request to the content filtering server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Lester J. Chong, Michael Makaijani, Douglas Cheline