Patents by Inventor Michael T. WALKER

Michael T. 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).

  • Publication number: 20250117479
    Abstract: The description relates to automated binary code summarization. In one example, a binary code summarization tool receives binary code and combines the received binary code with natural language in a prompt for a large language model (LLM). The binary code summarization tool receives a semantic summarization from the LLM relating to the received binary code and evaluates the new semantic summarization for malicious functionality in the received binary code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Weiwei YANG, Xin JIN, Jonathan Karl LARSON, Michael T. WALKER, Dustin Richard FRAZE
  • Publication number: 20240248987
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to retrospective memory analysis. In examples, a historical archive of memory images for an execution environment is maintained. A historical memory image of the historical archive may be evaluated according to a current set of known issues, rather than issues that were known at the time of the memory capture. Accordingly, it may be possible to determine when the execution environment was last in a good environment condition. As another example, it may be possible to determine whether a now-known issue has since been resolved (e.g., such that the issue would not be identified in the current execution environment). Thus, as compared to contemporaneous issue identification techniques, aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to any number of execution environments to enable retrospective identification of now-known issues that were, at least at the time of a memory capture, not known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marsh Jordan RAY, Michael T. WALKER, Brian M. CASWELL
  • Patent number: 11977629
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to retrospective memory analysis. In examples, a historical archive of memory images for an execution environment is maintained. A historical memory image of the historical archive may be evaluated according to a current set of known issues, rather than issues that were known at the time of the memory capture. Accordingly, it may be possible to determine when the execution environment was last in a good environment condition. As another example, it may be possible to determine whether a now-known issue has since been resolved (e.g., such that the issue would not be identified in the current execution environment). Thus, as compared to contemporaneous issue identification techniques, aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to any number of execution environments to enable retrospective identification of now-known issues that were, at least at the time of a memory capture, not known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marsh Jordan Ray, Michael T. Walker, Brian M. Caswell
  • Publication number: 20230004641
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to retrospective memory analysis. In examples, a historical archive of memory images for an execution environment is maintained. A historical memory image of the historical archive may be evaluated according to a current set of known issues, rather than issues that were known at the time of the memory capture. Accordingly, it may be possible to determine when the execution environment was last in a good environment condition. As another example, it may be possible to determine whether a now-known issue has since been resolved (e.g., such that the issue would not be identified in the current execution environment). Thus, as compared to contemporaneous issue identification techniques, aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to any number of execution environments to enable retrospective identification of now-known issues that were, at least at the time of a memory capture, not known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marsh Jordan RAY, Michael T. WALKER, Brian M. CASWELL