Patents by Inventor Andrew James MALTON

Andrew James MALTON 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).

  • Publication number: 20240121244
    Abstract: A risk-aware access control system and related methods are provided. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is a provided a method of risk-aware access control, comprising: detecting a request to perform an action with respect to two factors, the factors being of a factor type selecting people, devices, documents, and location, wherein the factors are of a different factor type; determining a coupling associated with the requested action based on the factors of the requested action; determining a risk level associated with the coupling; denying the requested action in response to a determination that the risk level does not match a security policy; and allowing the requested action in response to a determination that the risk level matches the security policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Andrew Eric WALENSTEIN, Jinxin Liu, Burak KANTARCI, Melike EROL KANTARCI, Murat Simsek
  • Patent number: 11886563
    Abstract: A continuous authentication system and related methods are provided. The system detects requests to perform user actions. A security value is associated with each user action. The system determines a subsequent session security level in response to an adjustment to a session security level by a security value of a requested user action. The requested user action is permitted and the session security level is adjusted based on the security value of the requested user action in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is greater than or equal to a threshold session security level. A user authentication challenge is caused (e.g., prompted) in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is less than the threshold session security level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Andrew Eric Walenstein
  • Patent number: 11888857
    Abstract: A risk-aware access control system and related methods are provided. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is a provided a method of risk-aware access control, comprising: detecting a request to perform an action with respect to two factors, the factors being of a factor type selecting people, devices, documents, and location, wherein the factors are of a different factor type; determining a coupling associated with the requested action based on the factors of the requested action; determining a risk level associated with the coupling; denying the requested action in response to a determination that the risk level does not match a security policy; and allowing the requested action in response to a determination that the risk level matches the security policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Andrew Eric Walenstein, Jinxin Liu, Burak Kantarci, Melike Erol Kantarci, Murat Simsek
  • Publication number: 20230195873
    Abstract: A continuous authentication system and related methods are provided. The system detects requests to perform user actions. A security value is associated with each user action. The system determines a subsequent session security level in response to an adjustment to a session security level by a security value of a requested user action. The requested user action is permitted and the session security level is adjusted based on the security value of the requested user action in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is greater than or equal to a threshold session security level. A user authentication challenge is caused (e.g., prompted) in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is less than the threshold session security level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James MALTON, Andrew Eric WALENSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20230186022
    Abstract: A method at a computing device including mapping, within a corpus of documents having both natural language terms and computer language terms, each term as a natural language term or a computer language term, thereby creating mapped terms; and applying at least one Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model to the mapped terms to create topics that correlate the natural language terms and computer language terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Deeksha Chandola, Andrew Eric Walenstein, Kundi Yao, Gustavo Ansaldi Oliva, Ahmed E. Hassan, Muhammad Asaduzzaman
  • Patent number: 11599611
    Abstract: A continuous authentication system and related methods are provided. The system detects requests to perform user actions. A security value is associated with each user action. The system determines a subsequent session security level in response to an adjustment to a session security level by a security value of a requested user action. The requested user action is permitted and the session security level is adjusted based on the security value of the requested user action in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is greater than or equal to a threshold session security level. A user authentication challenge is caused (e.g., prompted) in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is less than the threshold session security level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Andrew Eric Walenstein
  • Publication number: 20220201004
    Abstract: A risk-aware access control system and related methods are provided. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is a provided a method of risk-aware access control, comprising: detecting a request to perform an action with respect to two factors, the factors being of a factor type selecting people, devices, documents, and location, wherein the factors are of a different factor type; determining a coupling associated with the requested action based on the factors of the requested action; determining a risk level associated with the coupling; denying the requested action in response to a determination that the risk level does not match a security policy; and allowing the requested action in response to a determination that the risk level matches the security policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Andrew Eric Walenstein, Jinxin Liu, Burak Kantarci, Melike Erol Kantarci, Murat Simsek
  • Patent number: 11341255
    Abstract: A document management system having context-based access control and related methods are provided. The document management system determines whether to perform user authentication based on derived context-information comprising one or a combination of derived user-context parameters and document-context parameters that provide additional context to document access requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Andrew Eric Walenstein, Kyle Jeffrey Owen Quintal, Melike Erol Kantarci, Burak Kantarci
  • Patent number: 11068377
    Abstract: A method for classifying warning messages generated by software developer tools includes receiving a first data set. The first data set includes a first plurality of data entries, where each data entry is associated with a warning message generated based on a first set of software codes, includes indications for a plurality of features, and is associated with one of a plurality of class labels. A second data set is generated by sampling the first data set. Based on the second data set, at least one feature is selected from the plurality of features. A third data set is generated by filtering the second data set with the selected at least one feature. A machine learning classifier is determined based on the third data set. The machine learning classifier is used to classify a second warning message generated based on a second set of software codes to one of the plurality of class labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Walenstein, Andrew James Malton, Jong Chun Park, Hanyang Hu
  • Publication number: 20210192027
    Abstract: A continuous authentication system and related methods are provided. The system detects requests to perform user actions. A security value is associated with each user action. The system determines a subsequent session security level in response to an adjustment to a session security level by a security value of a requested user action. The requested user action is permitted and the session security level is adjusted based on the security value of the requested user action in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is greater than or equal to a threshold session security level. A user authentication challenge is caused (e.g., prompted) in response to a determination by the system that the subsequent session security level is less than the threshold session security level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew James MALTON, Andrew Eric WALENSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20210012020
    Abstract: A document management system having context-based access control and related methods are provided. The document management system determines whether to perform user authentication based on derived context-information comprising one or a combination of derived user-context parameters and document-context parameters that provide additional context to document access requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James MALTON, Andrew Eric WALENSTEIN, Kyle Jeffrey Owen QUINTAL, Melike Erol KANTARCI, Burak KANTARCI
  • Patent number: 10664377
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to automate software verifications. In some aspects, one or more application program interface (API) call pairs are generated based on a source code of a user module that invokes an API. Each of the one or more API call pairs comprises a first API call that invokes the API followed by a second API call that invokes the API. One or more fragments are generated based on the one or more API calls pairs. Each of the one or more fragments represents an execution sequence that includes at least one of the one or more API call pairs. The one or more fragments are verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Daniel Lewis Neville
  • Patent number: 10558550
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a partial software program includes receiving a first software program. The first software program is designed to execute using a second software program. A first symbolic value indicates a characteristic of the second software program. The first software program is analyzed using a static program analysis, where the static program analysis generates a second symbolic value based on the first symbolic value. The second symbolic value indicates a characteristic of the first software program. The first software program is analyzed independent of an availability of the second software program. In response to determining that the second symbolic value is associated with a predetermined characteristic and that the first software program would perform an action associated with the second symbolic value if the first software program was executed using the second software program, a warning signal is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Malton, Andrew Walenstein
  • Publication number: 20200026636
    Abstract: A method for classifying warning messages generated by software developer tools includes receiving a first data set. The first data set includes a first plurality of data entries, where each data entry is associated with a warning message generated based on a first set of software codes, includes indications for a plurality of features, and is associated with one of a plurality of class labels. A second data set is generated by sampling the first data set. Based on the second data set, at least one feature is selected from the plurality of features. A third data set is generated by filtering the second data set with the selected at least one feature. A machine learning classifier is determined based on the third data set. The machine learning classifier is used to classify a second warning message generated based on a second set of software codes to one of the plurality of class labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Walenstein, Andrew James MALTON, Jong Chun PARK, Hanyang Hu
  • Patent number: 10430315
    Abstract: A method for classifying warning messages generated by software developer tools includes receiving a first data set. The first data set includes a first plurality of data entries, where each data entry is associated with a warning message generated based on a first set of software codes, includes indications for a plurality of features, and is associated with one of a plurality of class labels. A second data set is generated by sampling the first data set. Based on the second data set, at least one feature is selected from the plurality of features. A third data set is generated by filtering the second data set with the selected at least one feature. A machine learning classifier is determined based on the third data set. The machine learning classifier is used to classify a second warning message generated based on a second set of software codes to one of the plurality of class labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Walenstein, Andrew James Malton, Jong Chun Park, Hanyang Hu
  • Publication number: 20190146897
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a partial software program includes receiving a first software program. The first software program is designed to execute using a second software program. A first symbolic value indicates a characteristic of the second software program. The first software program is analyzed using a static program analysis, where the static program analysis generates a second symbolic value based on the first symbolic value. The second symbolic value indicates a characteristic of the first software program. The first software program is analyzed independent of an availability of the second software program. In response to determining that the second symbolic value is associated with a predetermined characteristic and that the first software program would perform an action associated with the second symbolic value if the first software program was executed using the second software program, a warning signal is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James MALTON, Andrew Walenstein
  • Publication number: 20190102277
    Abstract: A method for classifying warning messages generated by software developer tools includes receiving a first data set. The first data set includes a first plurality of data entries, where each data entry is associated with a warning message generated based on a first set of software codes, includes indications for a plurality of features, and is associated with one of a plurality of class labels. A second data set is generated by sampling the first data set. Based on the second data set, at least one feature is selected from the plurality of features. A third data set is generated by filtering the second data set with the selected at least one feature. A machine learning classifier is determined based on the third data set. The machine learning classifier is used to classify a second warning message generated based on a second set of software codes to one of the plurality of class labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Walenstein, Andrew James MALTON, Jong Chun PARK, Hanyang Hu
  • Publication number: 20180018253
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to automate software verifications. In some aspects, one or more application program interface (API) call pairs are generated based on a source code of a user module that invokes an API. Each of the one or more API call pairs comprises a first API call that invokes the API followed by a second API call that invokes the API. One or more fragments are generated based on the one or more API calls pairs. Each of the one or more fragments represents an execution sequence that includes at least one of the one or more API call pairs. The one or more fragments are verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James MALTON, Daniel Lewis NEVILLE