Patents by Inventor Jacques Vidrine

Jacques Vidrine 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).

  • Method and apparatus for deferred security analysis
    Patent number: 8181264
    Abstract: It has been discovered that identifying files introduced into a system, particularly those originating from external sources, as being subject to security evaluation and deferring the security evaluation until access or attempted access of the file reduces security vulnerabilities of a system. A file introduced into a processing system is tagged with a security tag if the file is introduced via a supervised introduction point and/or introduced by a supervised program. Upon access or attempted access of the tagged file, security evaluation is initiated on the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Jacques Vidrine, Aaron Sigel
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFERRED SECURITY ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20080189796
    Abstract: It has been discovered that identifying files introduced into a system, particularly those originating from external sources, as being subject to security evaluation and deferring the security evaluation until access or attempted access of the file reduces security vulnerabilities of a system. A file introduced into a processing system is tagged with a security tag if the file is introduced via a supervised introduction point and/or introduced by a supervised program. Upon access or attempted access of the tagged file, security evaluation is initiated on the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Jacques Vidrine, Aaron Sigel