Patents by Inventor Patrick Conlin
Patrick Conlin 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).
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Patent number: 10929564Abstract: A computer readable medium causing a processor to evaluate a URL: when an evaluation resides in a cache, determine whether the URL is safe based on the evaluation, and when an evaluation does not reside in cache: perform an evaluation for the URL using one or more virus scanners, store the evaluation in the cache and determine whether the URL is safe based on the evaluation, when the URL is safe, load and display the web page for the URL, and when the URL is not safe, block the web page for the URL from being loaded and displayed, further determine whether a QA check criterion is met, if so, send the URL to an evaluator for behavioral analysis of the web page of the URL, and store results of the behavioral analysis of the web page of the URL, received from the evaluator, in a QA database.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Finjan Mobile, Inc.Inventors: Scot Robinson, Patrick Conlin, Jules Panopoulos, Julie Mar-Spinola
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Patent number: 10574631Abstract: A mobile browser embedded in a smartphone operative to open a secure private session with a server using an IP address of the smartphone, including a VPN connector integrated within a mobile browser such that the VPN connector loads automatically upon opening the browser, operative to connect the smartphone to a secure VPN server and to establish a virtual IP address for the smartphone, the virtual IP address corresponding to the location of the VPN server, wherein the VPN connector enables the browser to operate in three modes; namely, a VPN connection alone without browsing, browsing without a VPN connection, and browsing with a VPN connection, and a switch operative to change a current IP address of the smartphone used by the mobile browser from a non-VPN IP address to the virtual IP address of the VPN server, in a seamless manner without interrupting a current session with a server.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Finjan Mobile, Inc.Inventors: Scot Robinson, Jules Panopoulos, Patrick Conlin, Julie Mar-Spinola
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Publication number: 20190228185Abstract: A computer readable medium causing a processor to evaluate a URL: when an evaluation resides in a cache, determine whether the URL is safe based on the evaluation, and when an evaluation does not reside in cache: perform an evaluation for the URL using one or more virus scanners, store the evaluation in the cache and determine whether the URL is safe based on the evaluation, when the URL is safe, load and display the web page for the URL, and when the URL is not safe, block the web page for the URL from being loaded and displayed, further determine whether a QA check criterion is met, if so, send the URL to an evaluator for behavioral analysis of the web page of the URL, and store results of the behavioral analysis of the web page of the URL, received from the evaluator, in a QA database.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Scot Robinson, Patrick Conlin, Jules Panopoulos, Julie Mar-Spinola
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Patent number: 10303898Abstract: A method for blocking web page trackers by a web browser of a mobile device, including loading a web page on a mobile device, scanning the web page to detect scripts in the web page, for each detected script, comparing content of the script with a list of URL connections, to detect trackers present in the script, each URL connection being associated with a corresponding tracker, storing the detected trackers, displaying the stored trackers to a user, enabling a user to selectively block, via said mobile device, one or more of the displayed trackers, and reloading the web page, comprising, for each selected tracker to block, rejecting the URL connection corresponding to the selected tracker.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Finjan Mobile, Inc.Inventors: Scot Robinson, Patrick Conlin, Jules Panopoulos, Julie Mar-Spinola
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Publication number: 20190014087Abstract: A mobile browser embedded in a smartphone operative to open a secure private session with a server using an IP address of the smartphone, including a VPN connector integrated within a mobile browser such that the VPN connector loads automatically upon opening the browser, operative to connect the smartphone to a secure VPN server and to establish a virtual IP address for the smartphone, the virtual IP address corresponding to the location of the VPN server, wherein the VPN connector enables the browser to operate in three modes; namely, a VPN connection alone without browsing, browsing without a VPN connection, and browsing with a VPN connection, and a switch operative to change a current IP address of the smartphone used by the mobile browser from a non-VPN IP address to the virtual IP address of the VPN server, in a seamless manner without interrupting a current session with a server.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Scot Robinson, Jules Panopoulos, Patrick Conlin, Julie Mar-Spinola
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Patent number: 10069858Abstract: A mobile web browser embedded in a smartphone operative to open a secure and private session with a web server on the Internet via one or more cell towers, using a mobile IP address of the smartphone, the mobile web browser including a VPN connector operative to connect the smartphone to a secure VPN server and to establish a virtual IP address for the smartphone, the virtual IP address corresponding to the location of the VPN server, a switch operable to change a current IP address of the smartphone used by the mobile web browser from a non-VPN mobile IP address to the virtual IP address of the VPN server, in a seamless manner without interrupting a current session with a web server, a URL content scanner causing a URL of a web page to be scanned for potential malware, a URL blocker, a tracker scanner and a tracker blocker.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Finjan Mobile, Inc.Inventors: Scot Robinson, Jules Panopoulos, Patrick Conlin, Sang Hui Michael Kim, Julie Mar-Spinola, Michael Godlewski, Geoffrey House, Winnie Tong, Rudolph Mutter, Bay Lee Feore, Timothy Shipman, Anthony Scherba, Lee McDole, Alexander Lin Kremer
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Publication number: 20180075256Abstract: A method for blocking web page trackers by a web browser of a mobile device, including loading a web page on a mobile device, scanning the web page to detect scripts in the web page, for each detected script, comparing content of the script with a list of URL connections, to detect trackers present in the script, each URL connection being associated with a corresponding tracker, storing the detected trackers, displaying the stored trackers to a user, enabling a user to selectively block, via said mobile device, one or more of the displayed trackers, and reloading the web page, comprising, for each selected tracker to block, rejecting the URL connection corresponding to the selected tracker.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Scot Robinson, Patrick Conlin, Jules Panopoulos, Julie Mar-Spinola
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Publication number: 20180013769Abstract: A mobile web browser embedded in a smartphone operative to open a secure and private session with a web server on the Internet via one or more cell towers, using a mobile IP address of the smartphone, the mobile web browser including a VPN connector operative to connect the smartphone to a secure VPN server and to establish a virtual IP address for the smartphone, the virtual IP address corresponding to the location of the VPN server, a switch operable to change a current IP address of the smartphone used by the mobile web browser from a non-VPN mobile IP address to the virtual IP address of the VPN server, in a seamless manner without interrupting a current session with a web server, a URL content scanner causing a URL of a web page to be scanned for potential malware, a URL blocker, a tracker scanner and a tracker blocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Scot Robinson, Jules Panopoulos, Patrick Conlin, Sang Hui Michael Kim, Julie Mar-Spinola, Michael Godlewski, Geoffrey House, Winnie Tong, Rudolph Mutter, Bay Lee Feore, Timothy Shipman, Anthony Scherba, Lee McDole, Alexander Lin Kremer
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Publication number: 20070075203Abstract: A cat litter scoop holder comprising a support member and a receptacle removably attached to the support member. In an embodiment, the receptacle is open at its top, and has three sides. When the receptacle is mounted on the support member, a pocket is formed, the pocket adapted to hold a cat litter scoop prior to and after use of the scoop. Flanged knobs extend from the lateral sides of the receptacle, and the flanged knobs removably extend into a corresponding number of apertures in the support member to hold the receptacle in place on the support member to form the pocket. To clean the pocket from litter and other debris, the flanged knobs are lifted upward and outward from their respective apertures in the support member, and the receptacle and support member can be readily cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2005Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventor: Patrick Conlin