Patents by Inventor Johan Wehrli

Johan Wehrli 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).

  • Cyclically dependent checks for software tamper-proofing
    Patent number: 11698950
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to anti-tamper computer systems, in particular to methods and systems which can embed protection code into software. Among other things, the protection code helps prevent (and make it more costly) to reverse engineer to tamper with the protected software with malicious intent, such as, but not restricted to: the removal of a license protection mechanism; the removal of code displaying advertisements; the injection of a malicious thread into the program memory space; illicit usage; or any other kind of unauthorized modification of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Johan Wehrli, Julien Rinaldini
  • CYCLICALLY DEPENDENT CHECKS FOR SOFTWARE TAMPER-PROOFING
    Publication number: 20220058243
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to anti-tamper computer systems, in particular to methods and systems which can embed protection code into software. Among other things, the protection code helps prevent (and make it more costly) to reverse engineer to tamper with the protected software with malicious intent, such as, but not restricted to: the removal of a license protection mechanism; the removal of code displaying advertisements; the injection of a malicious thread into the program memory space; illicit usage; or any other kind of unauthorized modification of the software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Johan Wehrli, Julien Rinaldini
  • Cyclically dependent checks for software tamper-proofing
    Patent number: 11080373
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to anti-tamper computer systems, in particular to methods and systems which can embed protection code into software. Among other things, the protection code helps prevent (and make it more costly) to reverse engineer to tamper with the protected software with malicious intent, such as, but not restricted to: the removal of a license protection mechanism; the removal of code displaying advertisements; the injection of a malicious thread into the program memory space; illicit usage; or any other kind of unauthorized modification of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Johan Wehrli, Julien Rinaldini
  • Cyclically dependent checks for software tamper-proofing
    Patent number: 10467390
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to anti-tamper computer systems, in particular to methods and systems which can embed protection code into software. Among other things, the protection code helps prevent (and make it more costly) to reverse engineer to tamper with the protected software with malicious intent, such as, but not restricted to: the removal of a license protection mechanism; the removal of code displaying advertisements; the injection of a malicious thread into the program memory space; illicit usage; or any other kind of unauthorized modification of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Johan Wehrli, Julien Rinaldini