Patents by Inventor Mark Joseph Boudreaux

Mark Joseph Boudreaux 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).

  • Prevalence-based reputations
    Patent number: 10237303
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a method and system for calculating an object's trust level for security purposes based on prevalence in a context-aware network. In an embodiment, as objects are accessed, a client queries a domain master such as a reputation server to evaluate the object's reputation. The domain master may maintain a prevalence-based reputation database, which may be updated as new clients report object prevalences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Simone, Jr., Paul A. Whitehurst, Mark Joseph Boudreaux
  • PREVALENCE-BASED REPUTATIONS
    Publication number: 20160212173
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a method and system for calculating an object's trust level for security purposes based on prevalence in a context-aware network. In an embodiment, as objects are accessed, a client queries a domain master such as a reputation server to evaluate the object's reputation. The domain master may maintain a prevalence-based reputation database, which may be updated as new clients report object prevalences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Simone, Jr., Paul A. Whitehurst, Mark Joseph Boudreaux