Patents by Inventor Paul Fergus

Paul Fergus 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, system and application programmable interface within a mobile device for indicating a confidence level of the integrity of sources of information
    Patent number: 10652748
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of allowing WebView to verify the source context, source reputation, integrity and/or security level of a web content and inform the user with regards to the security and blocks web contents that are determined harmful or inappropriate. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the WebView checks a trusted data source to see if the visited web content has been labeled or flagged as suspect, safe or unsafe by initiating a connection to a trusted third-party database using a to determine whether or not the URL is associated with a domain that has been classified or labeled as safe or unsafe. The WebView then informs the user about the security level, suspect quality, reputation and/or integrity of the web content through a visual indicator or it can redirect the user to a warning page explaining why access to the site is prohibited, or it can block access without warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventor: Paul Fergus Walsh
  • ANALYSING ENERGY/UTILITY USAGE
    Publication number: 20190180389
    Abstract: A system and method of analysing energy/utility usage receives (316) data describing energy/utility usage derived from an energy/utility monitor, and analyses (2-11) the data describing energy/utility usage to generate data representing an energy/utility usage behavioural classification model. The model includes at least one classification and is useable for determining whether data describing further energy/utility usage fits into a said classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: William Hurst, Carl Chalmers, Michael Mackay, Paul Fergus
  • Methods, systems and application programmable interface for verifying the security level of universal resource identifiers embedded within a mobile application
    Patent number: 10264016
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of allowing Web View to verify the security level of a web content and inform the user with regards to the security and blocks web contents that are determined harmful or inappropriate. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the Web View checks a trusted data source to see if the visited web content has been labeled or flagged as safe or unsafe by initiating a connection to a trusted third-party database using a to determine whether or not the URL is associated with a domain that has been classified or labeled as safe or unsafe. The Web View then informs the user about the security level of the web content through a visual indicator or it can redirect the user to a warning page explaining why access to the site is prohibited, or it can block access without warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Fergus Walsh
  • Method, system and application programmable interface within a mobile device for indicating a confidence level of the integrity of sources of information
    Publication number: 20190037406
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of allowing WebView to verify the source context, source reputation, integrity and/or security level of a web content and inform the user with regards to the security and blocks web contents that are determined harmful or inappropriate. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the WebView checks a trusted data source to see if the visited web content has been labeled or flagged as suspect, safe or unsafe by initiating a connection to a trusted third-party database using a to determine whether or not the URL is associated with a domain that has been classified or labeled as safe or unsafe. The WebView then informs the user about the security level, suspect quality, reputation and/or integrity of the web content through a visual indicator or it can redirect the user to a warning page explaining why access to the site is prohibited, or it can block access without warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: METACERT, Inc.
    Inventor: PAUL FERGUS WASH
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPLICATION PROGRAMMABLE INTERFACE FOR VERIFYING THE SECURITY LEVEL OF UNIVERSAL RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS EMBEDDED WITHIN A MOBILE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20170026393
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of allowing Web View to verify the security level of a web content and inform the user with regards to the security and blocks web contents that are determined harmful or inappropriate. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the Web View checks a trusted data source to see if the visited web content has been labeled or flagged as safe or unsafe by initiating a connection to a trusted third-party database using a to determine whether or not the URL is associated with a domain that has been classified or labeled as safe or unsafe. The Web View then informs the user about the security level of the web content through a visual indicator or it can redirect the user to a warning page explaining why access to the site is prohibited, or it can block access without warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: PAUL FERGUS WALSH
  • Methods, systems and application programmable interface for verifying the security level of universal resource identifiers embedded within a mobile application
    Patent number: 9348980
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of allowing WebView to verify the security level of a web content and inform the user with regards to the security and blocks web contents that are determined harmful or inappropriate. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the WebView checks a trusted data source to see if the visited web content has been labeled or flagged as safe or unsafe by initiating a connection to a trusted third-party database using a to determine whether or not the URL is associated with a domain that has been classified or labeled as safe or unsafe. The WebView then informs the user about the security level of the web content through a visual indicator or it can redirect the user to a warning page explaining why access to the site is prohibited, or it can block access without warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: Paul Fergus Walsh
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERIFYING THE SECURITY LEVEL OF WEB CONTENT THAT IS EMBEDDED WITHIN A MOBILE APPLICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF WEB APPLICATION OWNERS FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20160012213
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of allowing WebView to verify the security level of a web content and inform the user with regards to the security and blocks web contents that are determined harmful or inappropriate. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the WebView checks a trusted data source to see if the visited web content has been labeled or flagged as safe or unsafe by initiating a connection to a trusted third-party database using a to determine whether or not the URL is associated with a domain that has been classified or labeled as safe or unsafe. The WebView then informs the user about the security level of the web content through a visual indicator or it can redirect the user to a warning page explaining why access to the site is prohibited, or it can block access without warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Paul Fergus Walsh