Patents by Inventor Scott Leahy

Scott Leahy 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).

  • Publication number: 20130268386
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Alex Dai-Shun Poon, Scott Leahy, Michael K. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130268387
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Alex Dai-Shun Poon, Scott Leahy, Michael K. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8463653
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Dai-Shun Poon, Scott Leahy, Michael K. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130073415
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alex D. Poon, Scott Leahy, Mike Wilson
  • Patent number: 8332275
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network. The method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alex D. Poon, Scott Leahy, Mike Wilson
  • Publication number: 20120297065
    Abstract: Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule, An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Alon Cohen
  • Patent number: 8239533
    Abstract: Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Alon Cohen
  • Publication number: 20120079114
    Abstract: Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Alon Cohen
  • Patent number: 8108518
    Abstract: Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Alon Cohen
  • Patent number: 7930284
    Abstract: A method and system to protect users against potentially fraudulent activities associated with spoof web sites are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the URL of a document downloaded via a web browser client is compared to the URLs in a list of URLs for known spoof sites. If the URL for the downloaded document is found in the list of URLs for known spoof sites, a security indicator is displayed to the user to indicate to the user that the downloaded document is associated with a known spoof site. According to another aspect of the invention, a security server maintains a master black list and periodically communicates updates of the master black list to the local list of a client security application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Jeffrey Taylor, Chris Lalonde, Ajay Agrawal, Kevin H Embree, Jeffrey L. King, Andy Brown, Mathew Gene Henley
  • Publication number: 20100269161
    Abstract: A method and system to protect users against potentially fraudulent activities associated with spoof web sites are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the URL of a document downloaded via a web browser client is compared to the URLs in a list of URLs for known spoof sites. If the URL for the downloaded document is found in the list of URLs for known spoof sites, a security indicator is displayed to the user to indicate to the user that the downloaded document is associated with a known spoof site. According to another aspect of the invention, a security server maintains a master black list and periodically communicates updates of the master black list to the local list of a client security application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Jeffrey Taylor, Chris Lalonde, Ajay Agrawal, Kevin H. Embree, Jeffrey L. King, Andy Brown, Mathew Gene Henley
  • Patent number: 7769737
    Abstract: A method and system to protect users against potentially fraudulent activities associated with spoof web sites are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the URL of a document downloaded via a web browser client is compared to the URLs in a list of URLs for known spoof sites. If the URL for the downloaded document is found in the list of URLs for known spoof sites, a security indicator is displayed to the user to indicate to the user that the downloaded document is associated with a known spoof site. According to another aspect of the invention, a security server maintains a master black list and periodically communicates updates of the master black list to the local list of a client security application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Jeffrey Taylor, Chris Lalonde, Ajay Agrawal, Kevin H Embree, Jeffrey L. King, Andy Brown, Mathew Gene Henley
  • Publication number: 20100017865
    Abstract: A method and system to protect users against potentially fraudulent activities associated with spoof web sites are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the URL of a document downloaded via a web browser client is compared to the URLs in a list of URLs for known spoof sites. If the URL for the downloaded document is found in the list of URLs for known spoof sites, a security indicator is displayed to the user to indicate to the user that the downloaded document is associated with a known spoof site. According to another aspect of the invention, a security server maintains a master black list and periodically communicates updates of the master black list to the local list of a client security application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Jeffrey Taylor, Chris Lalonde, Ajay Agrawal, Kevin H. Embree, Jeffrey L. King, Andy Brown, Mathew Gene Henley
  • Patent number: 7606821
    Abstract: A method and system to protect users against potentially fraudulent activities associated with spoof web sites are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the URL of a document downloaded via a web browser client is compared to the URLs in a list of URLs for known spoof sites. If the URL for the downloaded document is found in the list of URLs for known spoof sites, a security indicator is displayed to the user to indicate to the user that the downloaded document is associated with a known spoof site. According to another aspect of the invention, a security server maintains a master black list and periodically communicates updates of the master black list to the local list of a client security application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Jeffrey Taylor, Chris Lalonde, Ajay Agrawal, Kevin H Embree, Jeffrey L. King, Andy Brown, Mathew Gene Henley
  • Publication number: 20080046279
    Abstract: Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Alon Cohen
  • Patent number: 7305469
    Abstract: Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Alon Cohen
  • Publication number: 20070133477
    Abstract: A base station has a processor to generate a Code Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) data frame. The CDMA data frame comprises a plurality of Basic Frames. At least one of the plurality of Basic Frames comprises a vendor-specific field. A modem transports the CDMA data frame over a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (“UMTS”)-compatible link between the base station and a remote head having a transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Roman Ebert, Warren Berryman, Fredrick Bontemps, William Bucher, Scott Leahy, Peter Novak, William Walsh
  • Publication number: 20060149655
    Abstract: A system to alert a user of a network-based marketplace event. The system receives the network-based marketplace event and determines if the network-based marketplace event is associated with a network-based marketplace alert that has been requested by the user. If so, the system communicates the network-based marketplace alert to the client machine over a persistent connection, the network-based marketplace alert to alert the user of the network-based marketplace event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Carl Ferreira
  • Publication number: 20060021031
    Abstract: A method and system to protect users against potentially fraudulent activities associated with spoof web sites are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the URL of a document downloaded via a web browser client is compared to the URLs in a list of URLs for known spoof sites. If the URL for the downloaded document is found in the list of URLs for known spoof sites, a security indicator is displayed to the user to indicate to the user that the downloaded document is associated with a known spoof site. According to another aspect of the invention, a security server maintains a master black list and periodically communicates updates of the master black list to the local list of a client security application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Jeffrey Taylor, Chris Lalonde, Ajay Agrawal, Kevin Embree, Jeffrey King, Andy Brown, Mathew Henley
  • Publication number: 20040133478
    Abstract: Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Scott Leahy, Alon Cohen