Patents by Inventor PAUL FERGUS WASH

PAUL FERGUS WASH 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).

  • 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