Patents by Inventor William Bohlman

William Bohlman 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: 20060230039
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide novel systems, software and methods for gathering information about online entities and for identifying, evaluating and scoring such entities. Merely by way of example, the trustworthiness of an online entity, such as a domain, can be evaluated based information known about other online entities (e.g., the owner of the domain, other domains) associated with that domain. In an aspect of the invention, for example, publicly-available data (and, in some cases, other data) can be obtained and correlated to reveal previously-unknown associations between various online entities, despite, in some cases, the attempts of those entities to obscure such associations. This can facilitate the evaluation of such entities. For instance, if a new domain is registered, there generally is little basis on which to evaluate the trustworthiness of that domain (other than facially-apparent characteristics, such as the domain name itself), since it has not yet begun operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: MarkMonitor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shull, William Bohlman, Elisa Cooper
  • Publication number: 20060212930
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, software for providing, distributing and/or using trust scores for online entities. In accordance with various embodiments, one or more trust score servers may be configured to provide trust scores, perhaps in response to a request (e.g., from another trust scores server, from a client, from a border device, etc.). In other embodiments, a computer (e.g., a border device, a client, etc.) may maintain a local cache of trust scores. In some cases, a computer may request a trust score for a particular online entity in response to receiving, detecting and/or attempting to transmit a communication with that online entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: MarkMonitor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shull, William Bohlman, Ihab Shraim, Christopher Bura
  • Publication number: 20060212925
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and software for implementing trust policies. Such policies may be implemented in a variety of ways, including at one or more border devices, client computers, etc. In accordance with various embodiments, a communication between a client computer (and/or application) and an online entity may be monitored and/or otherwise detected. The online entity may be identified, and/or one or more trust scores associated with the online entity may be obtained. Based on the trust scores, as well, perhaps as the nature of the communication, an action (such as allowing the communication, blocking the communication, quarantining the communication, warning a user, administrator, etc.) may be taken. In some cases, a trust policy may be consulted to determine what action should be taken with respect to a given communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: MarkMonitor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shull, William Bohlman, Ihab Shraim, Christopher Bura
  • Publication number: 20060212931
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and software for implementing evaluating online entities and/or for providing a trust score for such entities. The trust score may provide an indication of the trustworthiness of the online entity. In some cases, data may be obtained from a variety of sources, and such data may be used to evaluate an online entity and/or to provide a score for the entity. In an aspect of the invention, a plurality of trust scores, each of which related to a behavioral characteristic and/or a category of activity, may be assigned to a particular entity. Such scores may be stored in one or more data stores and/or may be provided to others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: MarkMonitor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shull, William Bohlman, Ihab Shraim, Christopher Bura
  • Patent number: D452331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Inventor: Edward William Bohlman