Patents by Inventor Morgan Hua

Morgan Hua 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 preventing screen-scrapers from extracting user screen names
    Patent number: 8103960
    Abstract: Graphic screen names are used instead of using text screen names in a Web chat room or an instant messaging system so that screen scrapers cannot generate an e-mail list for spam by extracting the screen names from the Web chat room or instant messaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Hua, Jai Rawat
  • System and Method for Preventing Screen-Scrapers From Extracting User Screen Names
    Publication number: 20090077476
    Abstract: Graphic screen names are used instead of using text screen names in a Web chat room or an instant messaging system so that screen scrapers cannot generate an e-mail list for spam by extracting the screen names from the Web chat room or instant messaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Morgan Hua, Jai Rawat
  • System and method for preventing screen-scrapers from extracting user screen names
    Patent number: 7430720
    Abstract: Graphic screen names are used instead of using text screen names in a Web chat room or an instant messaging system so that screen scrapers cannot generate an e-mail list for spam by extracting the screen names from the Web chat room or instant messaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: America Online, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Hua, Jai Rawat
  • Method and apparatus for synchronizing e-mail addresses
    Patent number: 7421580
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a user's e-mail addresses in two locations and validating the synchronized e-mail address is provided, wherein the two locations can be an authentication proxy and an integrated authorized site of the authentication proxy, or they can be the authentication proxy and a partner site of the authentication proxy. Also disclosed are several methods for maintaining the synchronized status and confirmed status when the user changes his e-mail address from either of the two locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: AOL LLC a Delaware limited liability company
    Inventors: Morgan Hua, Jose Machuca
  • System and method for preventing screen-scrapers from extracting user screen names
    Publication number: 20050198580
    Abstract: Graphic screen names are used instead of using text screen names in a Web chat room or an instant messaging system so that screen scrapers cannot generate an e-mail list for spam by extracting the screen names from the Web chat room or instant messaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Morgan Hua, Jai Rawat
  • Method and apparatus for synchronizing e-mail addresses
    Publication number: 20040030897
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a user's e-mail addresses in two locations and validating the synchronized e-mail address is provided, wherein the two locations can be an authentication proxy and an integrated authorized site of the authentication proxy, or they can be the authentication proxy and a partner site of the authentication proxy. Also disclosed are several methods for maintaining the synchronized status and confirmed status when the user changes his e-mail address from either of the two locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Morgan Hua, Jose Machuca