Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blocking deceptive online content
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Application No.: US18051349Application Date: 2022-10-31
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Publication No.: US12125304B2Publication Date: 2024-10-22
- Inventor: Adam Vukich , Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira , Joshua Edwards
- Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA McLean
- Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
- Current Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA McLean
- Agency: DLA PIPER LLP (US)
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F16/951 ; G06F16/9532 ; G06F16/9535 ; G06F16/955 ; G06F16/958 ; G06V10/44 ; G06V30/19 ; G06V30/40

Abstract:
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for reducing fraud in computer networks, the method including receiving, from each of a plurality of user devices, a request to block an ad displayed within a web browser installed on the user device, the request comprising image data and a forwarding URL associated with the ad; storing crowdsourced ad blocking data based on the received requests to block ads; receiving a request for a list of blocked ads; generating a list of blocked ads based on analyzing the crowdsourced ad blocking data, wherein analyzing the crowdsourced ad blocking data comprises identifying ads blocked by at least a threshold number of users; and sending the list of blocked ads to a first user device, the first user device comprising a browser extension configured to prevent ads within the list of blocked ads from being rendered in a browser.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230367838A1 BLOCKING DECEPTIVE ONLINE CONTENT Public/Granted day:2023-11-16
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