Patents by Inventor Adam Lyle Glice

Adam Lyle Glice 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting potentially misleading visual representation objects to secure a computer
    Patent number: 8566950
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting potentially misleading visual representation objects to secure a computer is described. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring visual representation object creation with respect to the browser, accessing verification information, wherein the verification information comprises commonly used user interface elements for forming legitimate system messages, examining web data associated with the created visual representation objects, wherein the web data is compared with the verification information to identify imitating content within the created visual representation objects and modifying at least one of the created visual representation objects to accentuate the imitating content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Spencer Dale Smith, Adam Lyle Glice, Nicholas Robert Graf