Patents by Inventor Fangyan YE

Fangyan YE 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).

  • Security audit of data-at-rest
    Patent number: 12316678
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: recognizing, by a device, key entries within a textual data set having a plurality of files; forming, by the device, a group of files by selecting a subset of the plurality of files that are considered by the device to be similar according to a tolerance-based similarity metric and a bi-dimensional hierarchical multiclass classification; generating, by the device, a metadata profile for the group of files by aggregating metadata from its constituent files; and causing, by the device and based on the metadata profile, a risk identification or remediation action to be performed on the textual data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Song, Cheng Pan, Qingliang Lin, Plamen Nedeltchev, Xuanbei Lu, Fangyan Ye
  • SECURITY AUDIT OF DATA-AT-REST
    Publication number: 20240275818
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: recognizing, by a device, key entries within a textual data set having a plurality of files; forming, by the device, a group of files by selecting a subset of the plurality of files that are considered by the device to be similar according to a tolerance-based similarity metric and a bi-dimensional hierarchical multiclass classification; generating, by the device, a metadata profile for the group of files by aggregating metadata from its constituent files; and causing, by the device and based on the metadata profile, a risk identification or remediation action to be performed on the textual data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yang Song, Cheng PAN, Qingliang LIN, Plamen NEDELTCHEV, Xuanbei LU, Fangyan YE