Patents by Inventor Nathan GENTNER

Nathan GENTNER 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 user friendly detection of spammers
    Patent number: 8635692
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method involves: providing to a first client computing device a first instance of a first software program that includes a first secret ID value; receiving a first account creation request that includes the first secret ID value; associating the first account creation request with the first client computing device; and approving the first account creation request and creating a first account for the first client computing device if less than a first threshold of previous account creation requests that include the first secret ID value have been previously received, and a presumption that the first client computing device is a spammer does not apply; or denying the first account creation request if either the number of previously received account creation requests that include the first secret ID value is equal to or greater than the first threshold, or the presumption that the first client computing device is a spammer applies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Gentner, David Jack Ovadia, Rohit Deep
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER FRIENDLY DETECTION OF SPAMMERS
    Publication number: 20120284781
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method involves: providing to a first client computing device a first instance of a first software program that includes a first secret ID value; receiving a first account creation request that includes the first secret ID value; associating the first account creation request with the first client computing device; and approving the first account creation request and creating a first account for the first client computing device if less than a first threshold of previous account creation requests that include the first secret ID value have been previously received, and a presumption that the first client computing device is a spammer does not apply; or denying the first account creation request if either the number of previously received account creation requests that include the first secret ID value is equal to or greater than the first threshold, or the presumption that the first client computing device is a spammer applies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Nathan GENTNER, David Jack OVADIA, Rohit DEEP