Patents by Inventor Ross Doherty

Ross Doherty 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).

  • Fraud detection system
    Patent number: 8165563
    Abstract: A system for determining associations between subscribers of a communication network include methods and devices for selecting a first subscriber, identifying at least one primary contact of the first subscriber, each primary contact having communicated with the first subscriber, identifying at least one secondary contact of the first subscriber, each secondary contact having communicated with a primary contact, for at least one secondary contact, identifying at least one common contact of the first subscriber and the secondary contact, common contacts having communicated with the first subscriber and the secondary contact, determining the significance of the at least one common contacts and determining an association between the first subscriber and the secondary contact in dependence on the significance of the at least one common contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventor: Ross Doherty
  • Fraud detection system
    Publication number: 20090280777
    Abstract: A system for determining associations between subscribers of a communication network include methods and devices for selecting a first subscriber, identifying at least one primary contact of the first subscriber, each primary contact having communicated with the first subscriber, identifying at least one secondary contact of the first subscriber, each secondary contact having communicated with a primary contact, for at least one secondary contact, identifying at least one common contact of the first subscriber and the secondary contact, common contacts having communicated with the first subscriber and the secondary contact, determining the significance of the at least one common contacts and determining an association between the first subscriber and the secondary contact in dependence on the significance of the at least one common contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Ross Doherty