Patents by Inventor Alexander W. Jordan

Alexander W. Jordan 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).

  • Detecting malicious code embedded in documents
    Patent number: 10657252
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a document may include obtaining a runtime model for an application used to process the document, extracting, from the document, code blocks each including statements, and generating, using the runtime model, a result including a series of abstract states for each statement of a code block. Each abstract state may include a series of abstract values each corresponding to concrete values. The method may further include determining, using the result and the runtime model, whether the document includes potentially malicious code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander W. Jordan, Francois Gauthier
  • DETECTING MALICIOUS CODE EMBEDDED IN DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20180373869
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a document may include obtaining a runtime model for an application used to process the document, extracting, from the document, code blocks each including statements, and generating, using the runtime model, a result including a series of abstract states for each statement of a code block. Each abstract state may include a series of abstract values each corresponding to concrete values. The method may further include determining, using the result and the runtime model, whether the document includes potentially malicious code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander W. Jordan, Francois Gauthier