Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Scott Wilhelm

Jeffrey Scott Wilhelm 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: 8631498
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying potential malware domain names are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for identifying potential malware domain names. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a network. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a request for network data, where the request for network data may comprise a domain name. The one or more processors may also be configured to apply a lexical and linguistic analysis to the domain name. The one or more processors may also be configured to identify whether the domain name is a potential malware domain name based on the lexical and linguistic analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Hart, Jeffrey Scott Wilhelm, Sharada Sundaram
  • Patent number: 8555385
    Abstract: Techniques for behavior based malware analysis are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavior based analysis comprising receiving trace data, analyzing, using at least one computer processor, observable events to identify low level actions, analyzing a plurality of low level actions to identify at least one high level behavior, and providing an output of the at least one high level behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Sandeep B. Bhatkar, Susanta Nanda, Jeffrey Scott Wilhelm