Patents by Inventor Garren G. Hodgson

Garren G. Hodgson 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).

  • Patent number: 8903920
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting infection of network destinations by malware comprising detecting behavior consistent with the presence of malware at first network clients, such as access by a message received at a first network client to addressing resources containing an address of a malware evaluator. Detecting malware at the first clients is advantageously accomplished at one or more malware evaluators by receipt of messages forwarded from the first network clients, the forwarded messages comprising selectively flagged information relating to malware suspicions. Malware evaluators advantageously comprise a Bayesian Learning Network trained with knowledge of malware characteristics and forwarded messages. The malware evaluators, when adequately trained, provide classifications of received messages as malware or not, with at least a predetermined likelihood. Results of such classification can be selectively made available to network clients, including the first network clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Garren G. Hodgson