Patents by Inventor Patrick R. Coulson

Patrick R. Coulson 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND REDIRECTING HTTP REQUESTS AWAY FROM UNINTENDED WEB SITES
    Publication number: 20130311677
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for a system and method for redirecting Internet traffic away from illegitimate web sites. A redirect process includes a typo identifier engine and a direct navigation engine. The typo identifier engine generates a list of domain names based on common typographical variations of legitimate brand domains, and common direct navigation domains. A web crawler process verifies if the generated domain name are registered. The sites are classified as either legitimate or illegitimate based on a series of defined rules and analysis of parameters, such as site content, registrar identity, and owner. The direct navigation engine compares the user's request with the list of known illegitimate domains found by the typo identifier engine. If a match is found, the system replaces the user requested domain name with a redirected domain name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Desvio, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Coulson, Renn A. Ortenburger, Scott A. Kinghorn, Stuart S. Piltch
  • Method and system for monitoring and redirecting HTTP requests away from unintended web sites
    Patent number: 8510411
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for a system and method for redirecting Internet traffic away from illegitimate web sites. A redirect process includes a typo identifier engine and a direct navigation engine. The typo identifier engine generates a list of domain names based on common typographical variations of legitimate brand domains, and common direct navigation domains. A web crawler process verifies if the generated domain name are registered. The sites are classified as either legitimate or illegitimate based on a series of defined rules and analysis of parameters, such as site content, registrar identity, and owner. The direct navigation engine compares the user's request with the list of known illegitimate domains found by the typo identifier engine. If a match is found, the system replaces the user requested domain name with a redirected domain name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Desvio, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Coulson, Renn A. Ortenburger, Scott A. Kinghorn, Stuart S. Piltch
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND REDIRECTING HTTP REQUESTS AWAY FROM UNINTENDED WEB SITES
    Publication number: 20110276716
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for a system and method for redirecting Internet traffic away from illegitimate web sites. A redirect process includes a typo identifier engine and a direct navigation engine. The typo identifier engine generates a list of domain names based on common typographical variations of legitimate brand domains, and common direct navigation domains. A web crawler process verifies if the generated domain name are registered. The sites are classified as either legitimate or illegitimate based on a series of defined rules and analysis of parameters, such as site content, registrar identity, and owner. The direct navigation engine compares the user's request with the list of known illegitimate domains found by the typo identifier engine. If a match is found, the system replaces the user requested domain name with a redirected domain name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Desvio, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Coulson, Renn A. Ortenburger, Scott A. Kinghorn, Stuart S. Piltch