Patents by Inventor Mark Aeden Walker

Mark Aeden Walker 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).

  • Statistical detection of firmware-level compromises
    Patent number: 11416614
    Abstract: Statistical detection of firmware-level compromises can be enabled and performed on a computing system. During pre-boot, a pre-boot agent can access firmware loaded in memory and cause it to be stored in a manner that will allow the firmware to be accessed at runtime. During runtime, the firmware can be accessed and stored as files in the file system or other storage location accessible to an antivirus solution. The antivirus solution can then analyze the files using statistics-based techniques to thereby detect compromises in firmware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Aeden Walker, Ricardo L. Martinez
  • STATISTICAL DETECTION OF FIRMWARE-LEVEL COMPROMISES
    Publication number: 20220004636
    Abstract: Statistical detection of firmware-level compromises can be enabled and performed on a computing system. During pre-boot, a pre-boot agent can access firmware loaded in memory and cause it to be stored in a manner that will allow the firmware to be accessed at runtime. During runtime, the firmware can be accessed and stored as files in the file system or other storage location accessible to an antivirus solution. The antivirus solution can then analyze the files using statistics-based techniques to thereby detect compromises in firmware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Aeden Walker, Ricardo L. Martinez