Patents by Inventor Rodney Alan Hook

Rodney Alan Hook 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).

  • Evaluating the authenticity of geographic data based on user activity correlations
    Patent number: 11128722
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Ori M. Stitelman, Rodney Alan Hook
  • EVALUATING THE AUTHENTICITY OF GEOGRAPHIC DATA BASED ON USER ACTIVITY CORRELATIONS
    Publication number: 20190116232
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Ori M. Stitelman, Rodney Alan Hook
  • Evaluating the authenticity of geographic data based on spatial distribution
    Patent number: 10212239
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: DSTILLERY, INC.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Ori M. Stitelman, Rodney Alan Hook
  • EVALUATING AUTHENTICITY OF GEOGRAPHIC DATA ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA REQUESTS
    Publication number: 20180234511
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Ori M. Stitelman, Rodney Alan Hook
  • Evaluating authenticity of geographic data associated with media requests
    Patent number: 9948733
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: DSTILLERY, INC.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Ori M. Stitelman, Rodney Alan Hook