Patents by Inventor Nikolay Vladimirovich Likhachev

Nikolay Vladimirovich Likhachev 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 system for rapid signature search over encrypted content
    Patent number: 8533835
    Abstract: A method for detecting malware includes dividing data to be scanned for malware into at least a first data segment and a second data segment, dividing a signature corresponding to an indication of malware into at least a first signature segment and a second signature segment, performing a relationship function on the first signature segment and the second signature segment yielding a first result, performing the relationship function on the first data segment and the second data segment yielding a second result, comparing the first result and the second result, and, based on the comparison, determining that the data includes information corresponding to the signature. The relationship function characterizes the relationship between at least two information sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolay Vladimirovich Likhachev, Alice Yali Chang
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID SIGNATURE SEARCH OVER ENCRYPTED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20130160125
    Abstract: A method for detecting malware includes dividing data to be scanned for malware into at least a first data segment and a second data segment, dividing a signature corresponding to an indication of malware into at least a first signature segment and a second signature segment, performing a relationship function on the first signature segment and the second signature segment yielding a first result, performing the relationship function on the first data segment and the second data segment yielding a second result, comparing the first result and the second result, and, based on the comparison, determining that the data includes information corresponding to the signature. The relationship function characterizes the relationship between at least two information sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Nikolay Vladimirovich Likhachev, Alice Yali Chang