Patents by Inventor Dongming M. Cai

Dongming M. Cai 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).

  • Detection of malicious computer executables
    Patent number: 7519998
    Abstract: A method of detecting malicious binary executable files is accomplished by inputting a binary executable file; converting the binary executable file to byte hexadecimal text strings; calculating the frequency of each byte pattern in the byte hexadecimal text strings; selecting characteristic byte pattern frequencies as discriminating features; classifying the discriminating features as malicious or benign; labeling the binary executable file as malicious or benign; and outputting the labeled malicious or benign binary executable file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Dongming M. Cai, Maya Gokhale