Patents by Inventor Kevin Norton

Kevin Norton 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).

  • Shadow profile and environment for mobile security
    Patent number: 11171971
    Abstract: A user device receives a communication that contains a link or an attachment and sends the link or the attachment to a virtual user device stored externally with respect to the user device. Actions to be performed with respect to the user device are executed on the virtual user device. The virtual user device determines whether the link or attachment is malicious. The user device receives an indication of whether the link or the attachment is malicious and displays an indication that the link or the attachment is safe to open when the link or attachment is not malicious.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Norton, Bruno Mendez, Manuel Enrique Caceres
  • SHADOW PROFILE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR MOBILE SECURITY
    Publication number: 20200382526
    Abstract: A user device receives a communication that contains a link or an attachment and sends the link or the attachment to a virtual user device stored externally with respect to the user device. Actions to be performed with respect to the user device are executed on the virtual user device. The virtual user device determines whether the link or attachment is malicious. The user device receives an indication of whether the link or the attachment is malicious and displays an indication that the link or the attachment is safe to open when the link or attachment is not malicious.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Norton, Bruno Mendez, Manuel Enrique Caceres