Patents Assigned to Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation
  • Detecting plagiarism in computer markup language files
    Patent number: 9053296
    Abstract: This invention converts markup language files such as HTML files into pseudocode that is structured like programming language source code in order to use source code copy detection tools to find pairs of markup language files that have been copied in full or in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SOFTWARE ANALYSIS AND FORENSIC ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Mylroie, Robert Marc Zeidman
  • Searching the internet for common elements in a document in order to detect plagiarism
    Patent number: 9043375
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting plagiarism of software source code is disclosed. In one embodiment, a database exists of program elements that have previously been found to be matching within the source code for two different programs. This embodiment searches the Internet for occurrences of these matching program elements to determine how many times they appear and thus whether they are commonly used or not. The elements and their associated number of hits are placed in a spreadsheet for further observation and manipulation. One of skill in the art will see that this invention also applies to other kinds of text documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Marc Zeidman, Timothy Douglas Hoehn
  • Detecting plagiarism in computer source code
    Patent number: 9003366
    Abstract: Plagiarism is detected by comparing statements within source code of a first program to comments within source code of a second program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Marc Zeidman