Patents by Inventor Robert Scott Ackerman

Robert Scott Ackerman 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).

  • Creating tests to identify fraudulent users
    Patent number: 8595801
    Abstract: Member profile information for a control set of one or more control members and for a fraudulent set of one or more fraudulent members are obtained. Each member in the control set is at least believed to be legitimate and each member in the fraudulent set is at least suspected of being fraudulent. A test associated with identifying fraudulent members is generated using the member profile information for the control set and for the fraudulent set; the test inputs one or more pieces of member profile information for a member being tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: eHarmony, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Erina Lee, Robert Scott Ackerman, Ella Ruth Grutman
  • CREATING TESTS TO IDENTIFY FRAUDULENT USERS
    Publication number: 20120272305
    Abstract: Member profile information for a control set of one or more control members and for a fraudulent set of one or more fraudulent members are obtained. Each member in the control set is at least believed to be legitimate and each member in the fraudulent set is at least suspected of being fraudulent. A test associated with identifying fraudulent members is generated using the member profile information for the control set and for the fraudulent set; the test inputs one or more pieces of member profile information for a member being tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: EHARMONY, INC.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Erina Lee, Robert Scott Ackerman, Ella Ruth Grutman
  • Creating tests to identify fraudulent users
    Patent number: 8245282
    Abstract: A test to identify fraudulent users of an online group is generated. Data associated with a control group is obtained. Data associated with a fraudulent group is obtained. A test to identify fraudulent users of the online group is generated by comparing the data associated with the control group and the data associated with the fraudulent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: eHarmony, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Erina Lee, Robert Scott Ackerman, Ella Ruth Grutman