Patents by Inventor Ryan A. Carrico

Ryan A. Carrico 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: 10911480
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
  • Publication number: 20190373011
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Brad Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
  • Patent number: 10270802
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
  • Publication number: 20180248907
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Brad Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
  • Patent number: 10021118
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for predicting an account takeover tsunami using dump quakes are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include analyzing activity for a plurality of user accounts based on detecting an abnormal increase in system activity, determining the abnormal increase in the system activity is associated with account validation attacks performed by an unauthorized party, identifying attributes of a plurality of user accounts associated with the account validation attacks, searching online locations using the identified attributes of the user accounts to find a data breach source, monitoring the online locations periodically based on the identified attributes of the user accounts to detect future publication of a dump of private user data, sending a notification to another organization in advance of the publication of the dump of private user data to allow the other organization to adjust security of one or more other systems in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Igor Bulavko
  • Patent number: 9866582
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
  • Publication number: 20170063885
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for predicting an account takeover tsunami using dump quakes are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include analyzing activity for a plurality of user accounts based on detecting an abnormal increase in system activity, determining the abnormal increase in the system activity is associated with account validation attacks performed by an unauthorized party, identifying attributes of a plurality of user accounts associated with the account validation attacks, searching online locations using the identified attributes of the user accounts to find a data breach source, monitoring the online locations periodically based on the identified attributes of the user accounts to detect future publication of a dump of private user data, sending a notification to another organization in advance of the publication of the dump of private user data to allow the other organization to adjust security of one or more other systems in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Igor Bulavko
  • Patent number: 9490987
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for accurately classifying a computer program interacting with a computer system using questioning and fingerprinting are provided. A computer-implemented method may include issuing a challenge to an application interacting with a computer system to determine whether activity performed by the application is scripted, analyzing data associated with a result of the challenge to determine whether the result is at least partially correct, and computing a reputation score for the application based on the result of the challenge. A computer-implemented method also may include comparing the reputation score for the application to a threshold for identifying non-scripted activity, and determining that the activity performed by the application is scripted when the reputation score for the application does not meet the threshold for identifying non-scripted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
  • Publication number: 20150381376
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include issuing a challenge to an application interacting with a computer system to determine whether activity performed by the application is scripted, analyzing data associated with a result of the challenge to determine whether the result is at least partially correct, and computing a reputation score for the application based on the result of the challenge. A computer-implemented method also may include comparing the reputation score for the application to a threshold for identifying non-scripted activity, and determining that that the activity performed by the application is scripted when the reputation score for the application does not meet the threshold for identifying non-scripted activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt
  • Publication number: 20150381652
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Brad Wardman, Ryan A. Carrico, Nathan Robert Pratt