ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,191, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to IntSights Cyber Intelligence Ltd. (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel).
"Automated social media-related brand protection" was invented by Gal Ben David (Petah Tikva, Israel), Amir Hozez (Ganei Tiqwa, Israel), Alon Arvatz (Raanana, Israel) and Guy Nizan (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for defending against malicious profiles on the web, the method including: i) inspecting a profile to determine its relevance to a brand that it is desired to protect from malicious activity; ii) determining whether the profile is relevant to the brand; iii) if it is determined that the profile is relevant, a...