Patents by Inventor Nicholas T. Smith

Nicholas T. Smith 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to create malware detection rules
    Patent number: 11720676
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to create malware detection rules are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a rule generator to generate an augmented rule set based on a first training data set. A matrix generator is to create a matrix using the augmented rule set and a second training data set. A rule regulator to apply regularization to the augmented rule set based on the matrix to remove any number of rules from the augmented rule set, the rule regulator to create a reduced rule set. A reduced rule set checker to validate the reduced rule set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas T. Smith
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CREATE MALWARE DETECTION RULES
    Publication number: 20200401697
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to create malware detection rules are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a rule generator to generate an augmented rule set based on a first training data set. A matrix generator is to create a matrix using the augmented rule set and a second training data set. A rule regulator to apply regularization to the augmented rule set based on the matrix to remove any number of rules from the augmented rule set, the rule regulator to create a reduced rule set. A reduced rule set checker to validate the reduced rule set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Nicholas T. Smith