Patents by Inventor Nivedhitha Raman

Nivedhitha Raman 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).

  • Patent number: 9455994
    Abstract: Techniques for intelligently executing a digital signature are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for intelligently executing a digital signature. The method may include receiving a signature request from a user, wherein the signature request comprises a file. The method may also include performing a signature process on the file in response to receiving the signature request from the user. The method may further include scanning the signature request to generate one or more scan results, and transmitting an indication of the one or more scan results to a reputation service server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Nivedhitha Raman, Everett J. Lai
  • Patent number: 8725702
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for repairing system files may include 1) identifying a request to repair a corrupted system file in an operating system, 2) receiving file metadata describing the corrupted system file and system metadata describing the operating system, 3) identifying an uncorrupted version of the corrupted system file by i) identifying a series of matching tests for matching the corrupted system file with the uncorrupted version, the series of matching tests including at least one file metadata item from the file metadata and at least one system metadata item from the system metadata, and ii) applying the series of matching tests in a predetermined order to a database of uncorrupted system files until a matching test matches the corrupted system file with the uncorrupted version of the system file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Nivedhitha Raman, David Kane, Sonia Subramanian, Wilson Meng