Patents by Inventor Nicolas E. Poore

Nicolas E. Poore 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, method, and apparatus for graduated difficulty of human response tests
    Patent number: 8589694
    Abstract: A server to implement human response tests of graduated difficulty can suppress access by spambots. The server includes a network interface and a test controller. The network interface connects the server to a network and facilitates electronic communications between the server and a client computer coupled to the network. The test controller is coupled to the network interface. The test controller implements a human response test with a level of difficulty on the client computer in response to an access request by the client computer. The level of difficulty of the human response test is dependent on a determination whether the access request is deemed to originate from a spambot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason T Clark, Ami H Dewar, Robert C Leah, Nicolas E Poore, Peter C Yim
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR GRADUATED DIFFICULTY OF HUMAN RESPONSE TESTS
    Publication number: 20110029781
    Abstract: A server to implement human response tests of graduated difficulty can suppress access by spambots. The server includes a network interface and a test controller. The network interface connects the server to a network and facilitates electronic communications between the server and a client computer coupled to the network. The test controller is coupled to the network interface. The test controller implements a human response test with a level of difficulty on the client computer in response to an access request by the client computer. The level of difficulty of the human response test is dependent on a determination whether the access request is deemed to originate from a spambot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason T. Clark, Ami H. Dewar, Robert C. Leah, Nicolas E. Poore, Peter C. Yim