Patents by Inventor Richard Commons

Richard Commons 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).

  • Patent number: 7689666
    Abstract: A system for selectively allowing and restricting access to websites requested by a user includes a computer having a central processing unit, a display, a keyboard and a web browser installed on the central processing unit. The web browser has a list of allowable top level domains (TLDs), and the central processing unit includes a database having a list of allowable uniform resource locators (URLs). The web browser compares the TLD and URL associated with a requested website to respectively determine if they are the same as a TLD or URL in the lists of allowable TLDs and URLs. If either the TLD or URL associated with the requested website is the same as a TLD or URL on the lists, the user is allowed to access the requested website on the computer. If neither the TLD nor the URL associated with the requested website is the same as a TLD or URL on the lists of allowable TLDs and URLs, the user is denied access to the requested website on the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Richard Commons
  • Publication number: 20080059634
    Abstract: A system for selectively allowing and restricting access to websites requested by a user includes a computer having a central processing unit, a display, a keyboard and a web browser installed on the central processing unit. The web browser has a list of allowable top level domains (TLDs), and the central processing unit includes a database having a list of allowable uniform resource locators (URLs). The web browser compares the TLD and URL associated with a requested website to respectively determine if they are the same as a TLD or URL in the lists of allowable TLDs and URLs. If either the TLD or URL associated with the requested website is the same as a TLD or URL on the lists, the user is allowed to access the requested website on the computer. If neither the TLD nor the URL associated with the requested website is the same as a TLD or URL on the lists of allowable TLDs and URLs, the user is denied access to the requested website on the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Richard Commons
  • Publication number: 20030063118
    Abstract: A system for accessing servers of acceptable domains and acceptable URLs by a computer of a user on the Internet. The system includes a web browser configured to have contained therewithin the acceptable domains and a database listing at least one of the acceptable URLs. The web browser has a requested URL enterable therein by the user, either directly or by way of a homepage thereof, and once entered, determines if the requested URL is an acceptable domain, and if so, accesses the server associated with the requested URL, and if not, determines if the requested URL is listed in the database, and if so, accesses the server associated with the requested URL, and if not, displays on the computer of the user a “requested URL is not accessible” message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Richard Commons