Patents by Inventor James Hefferman

James Hefferman 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: 12483574
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for identifying malicious network activity. In an embodiment, a method comprises monitoring, by a computer, network activity of a user having a baseline network activity; executing, by the computer, a machine learning model to determine a network activity score indicating a likelihood of the network activity being malicious activity for the baseline network activity, the machine learning model having been previously trained based on malicious activity and corresponding baseline network activity; and displaying, by the computer, the network activity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Sara Saperstein, John H. Ring, IV, Kevin Sopuch, James Hefferman, Lindsey Basara, Evan Moore