Patents by Inventor David M. Patrone

David M. Patrone 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).

  • Apparatus and method for identifying related code variants in binaries
    Patent number: 9003529
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying related code variants may include processing circuitry configured to execute instructions for receiving query binary code, processing the query binary code to generate one or more query code fingerprints comprising compressed representations of respective functional components of the query binary code, comparing the one or more query code fingerprints to at least some reference code fingerprints stored in a database to determine a similarity measure between the one or more query code fingerprints and at least some of the reference code fingerprints, and preparing at least one report based on the similarity measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Margaret F. Lospinuso, David M. Patrone, David P. Silberberg, Jonathan D. Cohen, Ryan W. Gardner, Laura J. Glendenning, Sakunthala Harshavardhana, Robert T. Hider, C. Durward McDonell, III, Dennis S. Patrone, Nathan S. Reller, Benjamin R. Salazar
  • Apparatus and Method for Identifying Related Code Variants in Binaries
    Publication number: 20140068768
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying related code variants may include processing circuitry configured to execute instructions for receiving query binary code, processing the query binary code to generate one or more query code fingerprints comprising compressed representations of respective functional components of the query binary code, comparing the one or more query code fingerprints to at least some reference code fingerprints stored in a database to determine a similarity measure between the one or more query code fingerprints and at least some of the reference code fingerprints, and preparing at least one report based on the similarity measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Margaret F. Lospinuso, David M. Patrone, David P. Silberberg, Jonathan D. Cohen, Ryan W. Gardner, Laura J. Glendenning, Sakunthala Harshavardhana, Robert T. Hider, C. Durward McDonell, III, Dennis S. Patrone, Nathan S. Reller, Benjamin R. Salazar