US 12,086,201 B2
Method and apparatus of processing invalid user input search information
Lewis Thomas Donzis, San Antonio, TX (US); John Anthony Murphy, San Antonio, TX (US); Jonathan Elliott Schmidt, San Antonio, TX (US); Henry Michael Donzis, San Antonio, TX (US); Peter Wayne Baron, San Antonio, TX (US); and Lee Carl Ziegenhals, Boerne, TX (US)
Assigned to PERFTECH, INC., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by PERFTECH, INC., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,168.
Application 18/169,168 is a continuation of application No. 17/171,984, filed on Feb. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,580,185, issued on Feb. 14, 2023.
Application 17/171,984 is a continuation of application No. 15/671,364, filed on Aug. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,915,596, issued on Feb. 9, 2021.
Application 15/671,364 is a continuation of application No. 14/456,126, filed on Aug. 11, 2014, granted, now 9,727,658, issued on Aug. 8, 2017.
Application 14/456,126 is a continuation of application No. 13/217,076, filed on Aug. 24, 2011, granted, now 8,806,004, issued on Aug. 12, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195822 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/563 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/9566 (2019.01) [G06F 16/951 (2019.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/563 (2022.05); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
blocking an attempt to transmit a request as a browser modified search request to avoid a redirect of the request based on an identification that a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request does not include a REFERER message and based on a comparison of a pattern of a dialog from a web browser application to a stored predetermined pattern of information.