Patents by Inventor Ray Bonander

Ray Bonander 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: 20170345064
    Abstract: An advertisement blocker circumvention method has the steps of a user device requesting content from the content publisher, wherein the content is embedded with a circumvention loader and at least one advertising call, the circumvention loader detecting the presence of the adblocker, detecting presence of an advertisement blocker, unblocking blocked content, displaying an ask prompt on the user device, lifting restrictions, limiting access, and reinserting trackable resources. In an embodiment, unblocking blocked content comprises unblocking a user-selected portion of the blocked content. In a further embodiment, the ask prompt comprises a user-selectable option comprising “Block Ad”, “Block Ads,” and “Block All Ads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Bauman, Ray Bonander
  • Publication number: 20170345063
    Abstract: An advertisement blocker circumvention method has the steps of a user device requesting content from the content publisher, wherein the content is embedded with a circumvention loader and at least one advertising call; the content publisher serving the content to the user device; the user device constructing a DOM heirarchy by parsing the content into object components; an adblocker intercepting and blocking the one or more advertisement calls; the circumvention loader detecting the presence of the adblocker; the circumvention loader identifying ad placements and issuing an obfuscated advertisement call containing an advertising call, to a circumvention proxy that is a reverse proxy; the circumvention proxy extracting an advertisement call from the obfuscated advertising call, and issuing the advertisement call to receive the advertisement; the circumvention proxy providing the advertisement to the circumvention loader; and the circumvention loader displaying the ad on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Bauman, Ray Bonander