Patents by Inventor Andy Davidson

Andy Davidson 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).

  • Reputation checking of executable programs
    Patent number: 8863291
    Abstract: The reputation of an executable computer program is checked when a user input to a computing device initiates a program launch, thus triggering a check of a local cache of reputation information. If the local cache confirms that the program is safe, it is permitted to launch, typically without notifying the user that a reputation check has been made. If the local cache cannot confirm the safety of the program, a reputation check is made by accessing a reputation service in the cloud. If the reputation service identifies the program as safe, it returns an indication to the computing device and the program is permitted to be launched, again without notifying the user that a reputation check has been made. If the reputation service identifies the program as unsafe or potentially unsafe, or does not recognize it at all, a warning is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Oliver, Anshul Rawat, Xiang Tu, Ryan Colvin, James Dooley, Elliott Jeb Haber, Ameya Bhatawdekar, Andy Davidson, Jay Dave, Paul Leach, Karanbir Singh, Chris Guzak, Crispin Cowan
  • REPUTATION CHECKING OF EXECUTABLE PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20120192275
    Abstract: The reputation of an executable computer program is checked when a user input to a computing device initiates a program launch, thus triggering a check of a local cache of reputation information. If the local cache confirms that the program is safe, it is permitted to launch, typically without notifying the user that a reputation check has been made. If the local cache cannot confirm the safety of the program, a reputation check is made by accessing a reputation service in the cloud. If the reputation service identifies the program as safe, it returns an indication to the computing device and the program is permitted to be launched, again without notifying the user that a reputation check has been made. If the reputation service identifies the program as unsafe or potentially unsafe, or does not recognize it at all, a warning is displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Oliver, Anshul Rawat, Xiang Tu, Ryan Colvin, James Dooley, Elliott Jeb Haber, Ameya Bhatawdekar, Andy Davidson, Jay Dave, Paul Leach, Karanbir Singh, Chris Guzak, Crispin Cowan