Patents by Inventor Alexander Chinchilli
Alexander Chinchilli 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).
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Publication number: 20260025389Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) generation and associated cyber security applications are described. MHDN generation may be performed by, for example, generating, based on training data, a set of operations for use in generating the one or more potential MHDNs, wherein each operation of the set of operations may be configured to modify a base domain name according to a respective homoglyphic characteristic. The set of operations may be used to generate one or more candidate MHDN mutators. The candidate MHDN mutators may be tested for fitness values corresponding to respective likelihoods of generating an MHDN and the candidate MHDN mutators may be applied to one or more base domain names to generate potential MHDNs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2025Publication date: January 22, 2026Inventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Publication number: 20250337763Abstract: HyperText Markup Language (HTML) content analysis (HCA) using machine learning is described. A feature vector schema may be generated based on domain names corresponding to HTML webpages and corresponding indications of a status of the HTML webpage. The schema may map each position in a feature vector of a given HTML webpage to a resource identifier. Information may be processed using the schema to generate respective feature vectors. The feature vectors may be used to train a model to generate risk indicators for HTML webpages. A potentially parked domain webpage or a potentially malicious domain webpage may be received. A feature vector for the webpage may be generated and inputted to the model. The model may generate a risk indicator for the webpage. The risk indicator may be output and may cause responsive actions. The model may be updated based on a determination indicating whether the webpage was a parked domain webpage or a malicious domain webpage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2025Publication date: October 30, 2025Inventors: Shamir Smith, Daniel Rogers, Vincent Mutolo, Sean Moore, Alexander Chinchilli, Connor Tess, Bashiri Smith
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Publication number: 20250274433Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for improving packet filtering efficiency by reducing processing time and/or by reducing memory usage. Any of various types of data structures, such as flat hash maps and/or ruletrees, may be used by a packet filtering appliance to search for cybersecurity policy packet filtering rules that should be applied to in-transit packets. The packet filtering appliance may search the index data structures for matches of search objects, in the form of values that the packet filtering appliance extracts from in-transit packets, to threat indicator matching criteria of the policy rules. Each of the index data structures may map rule identifiers (rule IDs) of policy rules to keys that are based on (or that comprise) the matching criteria of those rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2025Publication date: August 28, 2025Inventors: Sean Moore, Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Paul Sprague, Christopher T. Rodney, Justin Makoto Leach
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Patent number: 12335235Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for improving packet filtering efficiency by reducing processing time and/or by reducing memory usage. Any of various types of data structures, such as flat hash maps and/or ruletrees, may be used by a packet filtering appliance to search for cybersecurity policy packet filtering rules that should be applied to in-transit packets. The packet filtering appliance may search the index data structures for matches of search objects, in the form of values that the packet filtering appliance extracts from in-transit packets, to threat indicator matching criteria of the policy rules. Each of the index data structures may map rule identifiers (rule IDs) of policy rules to keys that are based on (or that comprise) the matching criteria of those rules.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLCInventors: Sean Moore, Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Paul Sprague, Christopher T. Rodney, Justin Makoto Leach
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Patent number: 12278822Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) generation and associated cyber security applications are described. MHDN generation may be performed by, for example, generating, based on training data, a set of operations for use in generating the one or more potential MHDNs, wherein each operation of the set of operations may be configured to modify a base domain name according to a respective homoglyphic characteristic. The set of operations may be used to generate one or more candidate MHDN mutators. The candidate MHDN mutators may be tested for fitness values corresponding to respective likelihoods of generating an MHDN and the candidate MHDN mutators may be applied to one or more base domain names to generate potential MHDNs.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLCInventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Publication number: 20250071092Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for improving packet filtering efficiency by reducing processing time and/or by reducing memory usage. Any of various types of data structures, such as flat hash maps and/or ruletrees, may be used by a packet filtering appliance to search for cybersecurity policy packet filtering rules that should be applied to in-transit packets. The packet filtering appliance may search the index data structures for matches of search objects, in the form of values that the packet filtering appliance extracts from in-transit packets, to threat indicator matching criteria of the policy rules. Each of the index data structures may map rule identifiers (rule IDs) of policy rules to keys that are based on (or that comprise) the matching criteria of those rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Sean Moore, Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Paul Sprague, Christopher T. Rodney, Justin Makoto Leach
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Patent number: 12184666Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) detection and associated cyber security applications are described. A domain name may be received that may be a potential MHDN. Homoglyphic domain name detection may be performed by, for example, generating a normalized character string corresponding to the input domain name by applying one or more normalization operations to the input domain name, wherein the one or more normalization operations may be configured to reduce homoglyphic characteristics in the input domain name; and generating a plurality of segmentations of the normalized character string, wherein generating each segmentation, of the plurality of segmentations, may comprise segmenting the normalized character string into a respective plurality of segments, and wherein each segmentation may comprise a different plurality of segments. A segmentation may be selected based on cost values corresponding to each respective segmentation determined using a cost function.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLCInventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Patent number: 12177180Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for improving packet filtering efficiency by reducing processing time and/or by reducing memory usage. Any of various types of data structures, such as flat hash maps and/or ruletrees, may be used by a packet filtering appliance to search for cybersecurity policy packet filtering rules that should be applied to in-transit packets. The packet filtering appliance may search the index data structures for matches of search objects, in the form of values that the packet filtering appliance extracts from in-transit packets, to threat indicator matching criteria of the policy rules. Each of the index data structures may map rule identifiers (rule IDs) of policy rules to keys that are based on (or that comprise) the matching criteria of those rules.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLCInventors: Sean Moore, Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Paul Sprague, Christopher T. Rodney, Justin Makoto Leach
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Publication number: 20240396871Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for improving packet filtering efficiency by reducing processing time and/or by reducing memory usage. Any of various types of data structures, such as flat hash maps and/or ruletrees, may be used by a packet filtering appliance to search for cybersecurity policy packet filtering rules that should be applied to in-transit packets. The packet filtering appliance may search the index data structures for matches of search objects, in the form of values that the packet filtering appliance extracts from in-transit packets, to threat indicator matching criteria of the policy rules. Each of the index data structures may map rule identifiers (rule IDs) of policy rules to keys that are based on (or that comprise) the matching criteria of those rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Sean Moore, Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Paul Sprague, Christopher T. Rodney, Justin Makoto Leach
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Publication number: 20240187422Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) detection and associated cyber security applications are described. A domain name may be received that may be a potential MHDN. Homoglyphic domain name detection may be performed by, for example, generating a normalized character string corresponding to the input domain name by applying one or more normalization operations to the input domain name, wherein the one or more normalization operations may be configured to reduce homoglyphic characteristics in the input domain name; and generating a plurality of segmentations of the normalized character string, wherein generating each segmentation, of the plurality of segmentations, may comprise segmenting the normalized character string into a respective plurality of segments, and wherein each segmentation may comprise a different plurality of segments. A segmentation may be selected based on cost values corresponding to each respective segmentation determined using a cost function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Patent number: 11997109Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) detection and associated cyber security applications are described. A domain name may be received that may be a potential MHDN. Homoglyphic domain name detection may be performed by, for example, generating a normalized character string corresponding to the input domain name by applying one or more normalization operations to the input domain name, wherein the one or more normalization operations may be configured to reduce homoglyphic characteristics in the input domain name; and generating a plurality of segmentations of the normalized character string, wherein generating each segmentation, of the plurality of segmentations, may comprise segmenting the normalized character string into a respective plurality of segments, and wherein each segmentation may comprise a different plurality of segments. A segmentation may be selected based on cost values corresponding to each respective segmentation determined using a cost function.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLCInventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Publication number: 20240073220Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) generation and associated cyber security applications are described. MHDN generation may be performed by, for example, generating, based on training data, a set of operations for use in generating the one or more potential MHDNs, wherein each operation of the set of operations may be configured to modify a base domain name according to a respective homoglyphic characteristic. The set of operations may be used to generate one or more candidate MHDN mutators. The candidate MHDN mutators may be tested for fitness values corresponding to respective likelihoods of generating an MHDN and the candidate MHDN mutators may be applied to one or more base domain names to generate potential MHDNs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Patent number: 11856005Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) generation and associated cyber security applications are described. MHDN generation may be performed by, for example, generating, based on training data, a set of operations for use in generating the one or more potential MHDNs, wherein each operation of the set of operations may be configured to modify a base domain name according to a respective homoglyphic characteristic. The set of operations may be used to generate one or more candidate MHDN mutators. The candidate MHDN mutators may be tested for fitness values corresponding to respective likelihoods of generating an MHDN and the candidate MHDN mutators may be applied to one or more base domain names to generate potential MHDNs.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLCInventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Publication number: 20230388317Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) detection and associated cyber security applications are described. A domain name may be received that may be a potential MHDN. Homoglyphic domain name detection may be performed by, for example, generating a normalized character string corresponding to the input domain name by applying one or more normalization operations to the input domain name, wherein the one or more normalization operations may be configured to reduce homoglyphic characteristics in the input domain name; and generating a plurality of segmentations of the normalized character string, wherein generating each segmentation, of the plurality of segmentations, may comprise segmenting the normalized character string into a respective plurality of segments, and wherein each segmentation may comprise a different plurality of segments. A segmentation may be selected based on cost values corresponding to each respective segmentation determined using a cost function.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Patent number: 11757901Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) detection and associated cyber security applications are described. A domain name may be received that may be a potential MHDN. Homoglyphic domain name detection may be performed by, for example, generating a normalized character string corresponding to the input domain name by applying one or more normalization operations to the input domain name, wherein the one or more normalization operations may be configured to reduce homoglyphic characteristics in the input domain name; and generating a plurality of segmentations of the normalized character string, wherein generating each segmentation, of the plurality of segmentations, may comprise segmenting the normalized character string into a respective plurality of segments, and wherein each segmentation may comprise a different plurality of segments. A segmentation may be selected based on cost values corresponding to each respective segmentation determined using a cost function.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLCInventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Publication number: 20230093453Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) generation and associated cyber security applications are described. MHDN generation may be performed by, for example, generating, based on training data, a set of operations for use in generating the one or more potential MHDNs, wherein each operation of the set of operations may be configured to modify a base domain name according to a respective homoglyphic characteristic. The set of operations may be used to generate one or more candidate MHDN mutators. The candidate MHDN mutators may be tested for fitness values corresponding to respective likelihoods of generating an MHDN and the candidate MHDN mutators may be applied to one or more base domain names to generate potential MHDNs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess
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Publication number: 20230083949Abstract: Malicious homoglyphic domain name (MHDN) detection and associated cyber security applications are described. A domain name may be received that may be a potential MHDN. Homoglyphic domain name detection may be performed by, for example, generating a normalized character string corresponding to the input domain name by applying one or more normalization operations to the input domain name, wherein the one or more normalization operations may be configured to reduce homoglyphic characteristics in the input domain name; and generating a plurality of segmentations of the normalized character string, wherein generating each segmentation, of the plurality of segmentations, may comprise segmenting the normalized character string into a respective plurality of segments, and wherein each segmentation may comprise a different plurality of segments. A segmentation may be selected based on cost values corresponding to each respective segmentation determined using a cost function.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Vincent Mutolo, Alexander Chinchilli, Sean Moore, Matthew Sparrow, Connor Tess