Patents by Inventor Nathan Brogan

Nathan Brogan 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).

  • Systems and methods for filtering log files
    Patent number: 9934378
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for filtering log files may include (1) identifying, on the endpoint computing device, log files that recorded events performed by processes executing on the endpoint computing device, (2) prior to sending the log files from the endpoint computing device to a security server for analysis, filtering, based on an analysis of the events recorded by the log files, the log files by excluding log files that recorded non-suspicious events, and (3) forwarding the filtered log files from the endpoint computing device to the security server for analysis. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuto Hotta, Nathan Brogan, Patrick Coyne