Patents by Inventor Cody R. Pierce

Cody R. Pierce 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).

  • PREVENTING EXECUTION OF MALICIOUS INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN A BRANCH INSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20200226246
    Abstract: In one aspect of the embodiments, malicious instructions executed or to be executed by a processor in a computing device are identified and preventive action is taken in response to that detection, thereby preventing harm to the computing device and the user's data by the malicious instructions. In another aspect of the embodiments, a thread context monitor determines which thread are active within an operating system at any given time, which further enhances the ability to determine which thread contains malicious instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew D. Spisak, Cody R. Pierce, Kenneth D. Fitch
  • Preventing execution of malicious instructions based on address specified in a branch instruction
    Patent number: 10423777
    Abstract: In one aspect of the embodiments, malicious instructions executed or to be executed by a processor in a computing device are identified and preventive action is taken in response to that detection, thereby preventing harm to the computing device and the user's data by the malicious instructions. In another aspect of the embodiments, a thread context monitor determines which thread are active within an operating system at any given time, which further enhances the ability to determine which thread contains malicious instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Endgame, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Spisak, Cody R. Pierce, Kenneth D. Fitch
  • System and Method for Detecting and Preventing Execution of Malicious Instructions within a Processor of a Computing Device
    Publication number: 20170300688
    Abstract: In one aspect of the embodiments, malicious instructions executed or to be executed by a processor in a computing device are identified and preventive action is taken in response to that detection, thereby preventing harm to the computing device and the user's data by the malicious instructions. In another aspect of the embodiments, a thread context monitor determines which thread are active within an operating system at any given time, which further enhances the ability to determine which thread contains malicious instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew D. Spisak, Cody R. Pierce, Kenneth D. Fitch