Patents by Inventor Luyi XING

Luyi XING 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).

  • Detection of pileup vulnerabilities in mobile operating systems
    Patent number: 9386027
    Abstract: A system is provided for detecting pileup vulnerabilities corresponding to mobile operating system updates. The system includes: an exploit opportunity analyzer, configured to identify pileup exploit opportunities corresponding to a plurality of mobile operating system configurations based on mobile operating system upgrades for each of the plurality of mobile operating system configurations, wherein the identification of exploit opportunities is based on information relating to pileup flaws; a risk database, configured to store information regarding the identified pileup exploit opportunities for a plurality of versions of each of the plurality of mobile operating system configurations; and a scanner application, configured to be executed by a mobile device, configured to query identified exploit opportunities relating to a particular mobile operating system configuration and version, and to evaluate third-party applications installed at the mobile device based on the identified exploit opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Luyi Xing, XiaoFeng Wang
  • DETECTION OF PILEUP VULNERABILITIES IN MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160044049
    Abstract: A system is provided for detecting pileup vulnerabilities corresponding to mobile operating system updates. The system includes: an exploit opportunity analyzer, configured to identify pileup exploit opportunities corresponding to a plurality of mobile operating system configurations based on mobile operating system upgrades for each of the plurality of mobile operating system configurations, wherein the identification of exploit opportunities is based on information relating to pileup flaws; a risk database, configured to store information regarding the identified pileup exploit opportunities for a plurality of versions of each of the plurality of mobile operating system configurations; and a scanner application, configured to be executed by a mobile device, configured to query identified exploit opportunities relating to a particular mobile operating system configuration and version, and to evaluate third-party applications installed at the mobile device based on the identified exploit opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Luyi XING, XiaoFeng WANG