Patents by Inventor David E. Huddleston

David E. Huddleston 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).

  • Method and systems for computer security
    Patent number: 8590043
    Abstract: A method for computer security, includes intercepting an incoming communication, placing the communication into a quarantine queue, selecting a communication from the quarantine queue, determining whether the selected communication contains undesirable code, determining whether a quarantine time for the selected communication has lapsed if the selected communication does not contain undesirable code and placing the selected communication back in the quarantine queue if the quarantine time has not elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Huddleston
  • Method and Systems for Computer Security
    Publication number: 20120023585
    Abstract: A method for computer security, includes intercepting an incoming communication, placing the communication into a quarantine queue, selecting a communication from the quarantine queue, determining whether the selected communication contains undesirable code, determining whether a quarantine time for the selected communication has lapsed if the selected communication does not contain undesirable code and placing the selected communication back in the quarantine queue if the quarantine time has not elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Huddleston
  • Method and systems for computer security
    Patent number: 8006301
    Abstract: A method for computer security, includes intercepting an incoming communication, placing the communication into a quarantine queue, selecting a communication from the quarantine queue, determining whether the selected communication contains undesirable code, determining whether a quarantine time for the selected communication has lapsed if the selected communication does not contain undesirable code and placing the selected communication back in the quarantine queue if the quarantine time has not elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Huddleston
  • Method and system for isolating suspicious email
    Patent number: 7832012
    Abstract: A method for detecting malicious programs, the method includes determining whether an object is suspicious, opening the suspicious object in a disposable, secure, single purpose VM (virtual machine) session and detecting indications of malicious behavior when the suspicious object is opened within the VM session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Huddleston
  • Method and apparatus for identifying computer vulnerabilities using exploit probes and remote scanning
    Patent number: 7788723
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing computer security is provided. Subscriber information is stored in a repository and an exploit probe is sent to a subscriber's computer system. A probe message based on the computer system's response to the exploit probe is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Huddleston
  • Method and apparatus for automated feature selection
    Patent number: 7562054
    Abstract: A method for automated feature selection is provided. One or more initial sets of features are generated and evaluated to determine quality scores for the feature sets. Selected ones of the feature sets are (i) chosen according to the quality scores and modified to generate a generation of modified feature sets, (ii) the modified feature sets are evaluated to determine quality scores for the modified feature sets, and (i) and (ii) are repeated until a modified feature set is satisfactory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Huddleston, Ronald J. Cass, Zhuo Meng, Yoh-Han Pao, Qian Yang, Xinyu Mao
  • Method and apparatus for system state monitoring using pattern recognition and neural networks
    Patent number: 6327550
    Abstract: Pattern recognition of common modes by neural networks and other techniques are used to monitor and determine or predict the state of networks, computers, software systems, logical networks or other components of an information system, to report actual or predicted states, and to report other state characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Anders Vinberg, Ronald J. Cass, David E. Huddleston, John D. Pao, Phil K. Barthram, Christopher W. Bayer