Richard A Stokes

US Patent:

20100042492, Feb 18, 2010

Filed:

Jul 27, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/509734

Inventors:

Richard Stokes - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

ADGOOROO, LLC - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 1443, 705 1454

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides a system that filters out underperforming ads from a historical database of ads and leaves the most effective ads by applying three separate filters. The first filter removes ineffective ads based on coverage. Coverage is the percentage of the time that an ad appears for a given keyword. The second filter removes ads which appear below some threshold position (e.g., position five in Google), because many search engines reward ads with high clickthrough rates with a position bonus. The third filter removes ads which have not run some minimum threshold period of time (e.g., four weeks). Advertisers may then view the remaining ads (i.e., the effective ads) associated with keywords of interest and mine those ads for words to be used in their own ad copy.

US Patent:

20110082742, Apr 7, 2011

Filed:

Mar 18, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/726841

Inventors:

Richard Stokes - Glenview IL, US

Assignee:

ADGOOROO, LLC - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 1445

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for estimating advertisement impressions and advertiser search share. These estimates are improved by eliminating duplicate traffic based on similar words having similar traffic estimates. In addition, coverage is estimated for a particular advertiser keywords using statistical sampling. This coverage estimate is then used as a weighing factor when estimating traffic for an entire business category (e.g., group of keywords) by squaring the individual traffic estimates, summing the squared estimates, and then taking the square root of that sum.

US Patent:

20220350843, Nov 3, 2022

Filed:

Jul 20, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/868886

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Richard STOKES - Glenview IL, US

International Classification:

G06F 16/903
G06F 16/16

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product for identifying network appliances on a network which includes a processor configured to intercept network communications from one or more devices between a first network and a second network. The processor may store the information about each connection in a database, the information including a Client Id and a destination address. The processor may query the database for a list of all destination addresses which were attempted to be contacted for each Client Id and generate metadata for each Client Id. The processor may analyze each Client Id, the associated metadata for each Client Id, and the destination addresses associated with each Client Id using one or more rules in a device identification tree and assign a device label to each Client Id of the one or more devices.

US Patent:

20210400083, Dec 23, 2021

Filed:

Sep 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/012349

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Richard STOKES - Glenview IL, US

Assignee:

WINSTON PRIVACY - Chicago IL

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 12/24

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product for privacy and security policy delivery which includes a processor configured to store one or more compatibility modules in a memory of a computing device. The one or more compatibility modules being a security policy defining a set of specific access rules for a destination endpoint. The processor may receive a user selection of one of the one or more compatibility modules. The user selection may be received from a user device on a first network. The processor may install the selected compatibility module on the computing device. The processor may receive a user request from the user device for the destination endpoint. The destination endpoint may be associated with one or more domains on a second network. The processor may analyze the one or more domains using the security policy of the selected compatibility module.

US Patent:

20210400085, Dec 23, 2021

Filed:

Sep 1, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/463739

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Richard STOKES - Glenview IL, US

Assignee:

WINSTON PRIVACY - Chicago IL

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Exemplary embodiments provide for rate limiting access to data endpoints which includes a processor configured to monitor network traffic between one or more devices on a first network and a second network. The processor may receive a first data endpoint request from one of the one or more devices and compare the first data endpoint request to a ledger of one or more data endpoints. The ledger may have a rate limit associated with the one or more data endpoints which defines a threshold number of requests allowed for the one or more data endpoints. In response to the first data endpoint request matching one or more of the data endpoints on the ledger, the processor may block the first data endpoint request when the data endpoint request exceeds the threshold number of requests allowed for the matching data endpoint on the ledger.

US Patent:

20210359983, Nov 18, 2021

Filed:

Jul 30, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/390375

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Richard STOKES - Glenview IL, US

Assignee:

WINSTON PRIVACY - Chicago IL

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 9/06
H04L 12/911

Abstract:

A method for asynchronous side channel cipher renegotiation includes: establishing, by a first computing device, a first communication channel and a second communication channel with a second computing device, where the first communication channel is an encrypted tunnel and packages exchanged using the encrypted tunnel are encrypted using a first cipher; receiving, by a receiver of the first computing device, a renegotiation request from the second computing device using the second communication channel, where the renegotiation request includes at least a password value and a relative time; generating, by a processor of the first computing device, a second cipher using at least an encryption protocol and the password value; receiving, by the receiver of the first computing device, a new encrypted packet from the second computing device using the first communication channel; and decrypting, by the processor of the first computing device, the new encrypted packet using the second cipher.

US Patent:

20210136038, May 6, 2021

Filed:

Sep 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/012466

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Richard Stokes - Glenview IL, US

Assignee:

WINSTON PRIVACY - Chicago IL

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product for filtering domain requests which includes a processor configured to detect an initiation of a browser application on a user device on a first network. The processor may transmit a polling request to a specified endpoint. The specified endpoint may be enforced by a network monitoring device on the first network. The processor may receive a payload including a unique network device identifier from the specified endpoint, The processor may generate, a user notification alerting the user they are connected to the network monitoring device. The processor may monitor browser communications between a user device on a first network and a second network. The processor may receive a domain request from the user device and filter the domain request.

US Patent:

20210126922, Apr 29, 2021

Filed:

Sep 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/012503

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Richard Stokes - Glenview IL, US

Assignee:

WINSTON PRIVACY - Chicago IL

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06F 21/62

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product for rate limiting access to data endpoints which includes a processor configured to monitor network traffic between one or more devices on a first network and a second network. The processor may receive a first data endpoint request from one of the one or more devices and compare the first data endpoint request to a ledger of one or more data endpoints. The ledger may have a rate limit associated with the one or more data endpoints which defines a threshold number of requests allowed for the one or more data endpoints. In response to the first data endpoint request matching one or more of the data endpoints on the ledger, the processor may block the first data endpoint request if the data endpoint request exceeds the threshold number of requests allowed for the matching data endpoint on the ledger.