Patents by Inventor Haridharan Nattamai Gangadharan

Haridharan Nattamai Gangadharan 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: 9178904
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting malicious browser-based scripts may include (1) identifying an attempt by a web browser to access sensitive information stored on a server, (2) identifying a web browser script installed in the web browser, (3) calculating a signature hash for the web browser script, (4) querying, using the signature hash, a browser script signature database that associates web browser script signature hashes with script security indicators, (5) receiving, in response to querying the browser script signature database, a script security indicator associated with the signature hash, and (6) applying, based on the script security indicator associated with the web browser script, a script security policy associated with the web browser script. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Haridharan Nattamai Gangadharan, Jim Casaburi
  • Patent number: 8646074
    Abstract: The instant disclosure describe various exemplary methods for enabling otherwise unprotected computing devices to assess the reputations of wireless access points. In one example, a computer-implemented method for performing such a task may include (1) identifying, at a computing device that is otherwise unable to assess the reputations of wireless access points, at least one wireless access point that is available to the computing device, (2) obtaining, from a reputation service, reputation information for the wireless access point that identifies the reputation of the wireless access point, wherein the reputation information is based at least in part on prior interactions with the wireless access point by at least one additional computing device, and then (3) presenting the reputation information to a user of the computing device to help the user determine whether to connect to the wireless access point. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Haridharan Nattamai Gangadharan