Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Alagna

Michael Anthony Alagna 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting malicious code in an information handling system
    Patent number: 7832011
    Abstract: Malicious code detection code is executed by an information handling system. The malicious code detection code includes detection routines. The detection routines are applied to executable code under investigation. The detection routines associate weights to respective code under investigation in response to detections of a valid program or malicious code as a function of the detection routines. It is determined whether code under investigation is a valid program or malicious code as a function of the weights associated by the detection routines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Eric Obrecht, Michael Anthony Alagna, Charles Andrew Payne
  • Method, system, and computer program product for security within a global computer network
    Patent number: 7624110
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, an information handling system determines whether a resource is likely misrepresented as a trusted resource within a global computer network. In a second embodiment, the information handling system outputs an indication of whether a resource within a global computer network is recognized as a known trusted resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Alagna, Charles Andrew Payne, Luca Loiodice, Todd Allen Smith
  • Method, system and computer program product for security in a global computer network transaction
    Patent number: 7509679
    Abstract: From a first information handling system (“IHS”) to a second IHS, in response to a request for initiating an online transaction, a program is downloaded for detecting malicious code on the second IHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Alagna, Mark Eric Obrecht, Charles Andrew Payne, Peter Norwood
  • Method, system and computer program product for security in a global computer network transaction
    Publication number: 20040187023
    Abstract: From a first information handling system (“IHS”) to a second IHS, in response to a request for initiating an online transaction, a program is downloaded for detecting malicious code on the second IHS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: WholeSecurity, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Alagna, Mark Eric Obrecht, Charles Andrew Payne, Peter Norwood
  • Method, system, and computer program product for security within a global computer network
    Publication number: 20040123157
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, an information handling system determines whether a resource is likely misrepresented as a trusted resource within a global computer network. In a second embodiment, the information handling system outputs an indication of whether a resource within a global computer network is recognized as a known trusted resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: WholeSecurity, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Alagna, Charles Andrew Payne, Luca Loiodice, Todd Allen Smith
  • Method and apparatus for detecting malicious code in an information handling system
    Publication number: 20040064736
    Abstract: Malicious code detection code is executed by an information handling system. The malicious code detection code includes detection routines. The detection routines are applied to executable code under investigation. The detection routines associate weights to respective code under investigation in response to detections of a valid program or malicious code as a function of the detection routines. It is determined whether code under investigation is a valid program or malicious code as a function of the weights associated by the detection routines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: WholeSecurity, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Eric Obrecht, Michael Anthony Alagna, Charles Andrew Payne