Patents by Inventor Kevin Barton

Kevin Barton 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).

  • System and method for pestware detection and removal
    Patent number: 7533131
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing pestware are described. One system includes a pestware shield configured to detect pestware activity on a protected computer; a heuristics engine configured to identify repeat pestware activity; a drive scan module configured to scan files stored on the storage device and to identify pestware in the scanned files; a program memory scan module configured to scan programs running in the program memory of the protected computer and to identify pestware in the scanned programs; a registry scan module configured to identify any attempts to change data in the registry file; and a quarantine module configured to quarantine the pestware identified by either the drive scan module or the program memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Webroot Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Thomas, Bradley D. Stowers, Kevin Barton, Jeffery Herman
  • System and method for managing pestware
    Publication number: 20070006311
    Abstract: A system and method for managing pestware on protected computers are described. One embodiment is configured to generating a log file containing information indicative of pestware activity on a protected computer, send the log file to a host, and in return, receive a customized file from the host that includes customized instructions to alter consequences of the pestware activity on the protected computer. When executed at the protected computer, the customized instructions alter the consequences of the pestware on the protected computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Barton, Bradley Stowers
  • System and method for pestware detection and removal
    Publication number: 20060074896
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing pestware are described. One system includes a pestware shield configured to detect pestware activity on a protected computer; a heuristics engine configured to identify repeat pestware activity; a drive scan module configured to scan files stored on the storage device and to identify pestware in the scanned files; a program memory scan module configured to scan programs running in the program memory of the protected computer and to identify pestware in the scanned programs; a registry scan module configured to identify any attempts to change data in the registry file; and a quarantine module configured to quarantine the pestware identified by either the drive scan module or the program memory module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Steve Thomas, Bradley Stowert, Kevin Barton, Jeffery Herman