Patents by Inventor Gregory Dale Edwards

Gregory Dale Edwards 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).

  • System, method, and apparatus for preventing ransomware
    Patent number: 11714907
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting and preventing ransomware includes creating a number of watch files in a filesystem and adding a location and a timestamp of each to an ingest log. A number of native files are found in the filesystem and cataloged, adding the location and the timestamp of each to the ingest log. Periodically, each timestamp of each entry in the ingest log is compared to a current timestamp of a corresponding file in the filesystem and a count of watch files that have change and a count of native files that have changed is made. If the count of watch and native files that have changed indicate that a ransomware program is running on the computer, the ransomware program is suspended and reported. If a command indicates that the ransomware program is not ransomware, execution of the program is resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: WatchPoint Data, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Dale Edwards, Christopher Neal Hartwig
  • System, Method, and Apparatus for Preventing Ransomware
    Publication number: 20220292194
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting and preventing ransomware includes creating a number of watch files in a filesystem and adding a location and a timestamp of each to an ingest log. A number of native files are found in the filesystem and cataloged, adding the location and the timestamp of each to the ingest log. Periodically, each timestamp of each entry in the ingest log is compared to a current timestamp of a corresponding file in the filesystem and a count of watch files that have change and a count of native files that have changed is made. If the count of watch and native files that have changed indicate that a ransomware program is running on the computer, the ransomware program is suspended and reported. If a command indicates that the ransomware program is not ransomware, execution of the program is resumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: WatchPoint Data, Inc. dba CryptoStopper
    Inventors: Gregory Dale Edwards, Christopher Neal Hartwig