Patents by Inventor Anthony C. Byrne

Anthony C. Byrne 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).

  • Identification of components used in software binaries through approximate concrete execution
    Patent number: 11074055
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that facilitate identifying computer software vulnerabilities, and more specifically, execute an approximate representation of software to produce a fingerprint are provided. In one example, a system is provided. The system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can include a filter component and an execution component. The filter component can filter a platform-independent intermediate representation to a filtered representation. The execution component can execute the filtered representation on a virtual machine to produce an output vector which can be used to identify computer software vulnerabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony C. Byrne, Shripad Nadgowda, Seetharami R. Seelam
  • IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENTS USED IN SOFTWARE BINARIES THROUGH APPROXIMATE CONCRETE EXECUTION
    Publication number: 20200394028
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that facilitate identifying computer software vulnerabilities, and more specifically, execute an approximate representation of software to produce a fingerprint are provided. In one example, a system is provided. The system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can include a filter component and an execution component. The filter component can filter a platform-independent intermediate representation to a filtered representation. The execution component can execute the filtered representation on a virtual machine to produce an output vector which can be used to identify computer software vulnerabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony C. Byrne, Shripad Nadgowda, Seetharami R. Seelam