Patents by Inventor Prashanth P. Ramagopal

Prashanth P. Ramagopal 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: 10521212
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for alerting the presence of bundled software during an installation are disclosed. An example method includes identifying installation of a software product. The software product is scanned to identify first information, the first information to include information extracted from a file associated with the software product that is indicative of a main application to be installed as part of the software product. Information displayed to a user during the installation of the software product is scanned to identify second information. Whether a bundled application is included in the software product is identified based on the first information, the second information, and the signature file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Babu Nath Giri, Prashanth P. Ramagopal, Vinoo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20190272163
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for alerting the presence of bundled software during an installation are disclosed. An example method includes identifying installation of a software product. The software product is scanned to identify first information, the first information to include information extracted from a file associated with the software product that is indicative of a main application to be installed as part of the software product. Information displayed to a user during the installation of the software product is scanned to identify second information. Whether a bundled application is included in the software product is identified based on the first information, the second information, and the signature file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Babu Nath Giri, Prashanth P. Ramagopal, Vinoo Thomas
  • Patent number: 10255053
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for alerting the presence of bundled software during an installation are disclosed. An example method includes identifying installation of a software product. The software product is scanned to identify first information, the first information to include information extracted from a file associated with the software product that is indicative of a main application to be installed as part of the software product. Information displayed to a user during the installation of the software product is scanned to identify second information. Whether a bundled application is included in the software product is identified based on the first information, the second information, and the signature file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Babu Nath Giri, Prashanth P. Ramagopal, Vinoo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180349123
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for alerting the presence of bundled software during an installation are disclosed. An example method includes identifying installation of a software product. The software product is scanned to identify first information, the first information to include information extracted from a file associated with the software product that is indicative of a main application to be installed as part of the software product. Information displayed to a user during the installation of the software product is scanned to identify second information. Whether a bundled application is included in the software product is identified based on the first information, the second information, and the signature file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Babu Nath Giri, Prashanth P. Ramagopal, Vinoo Thomas
  • Patent number: 10089095
    Abstract: A technique allows a user client to receive a software product from a server. The user client may determine if the software product includes other potentially unwanted programs by reading one or more graphical user interface instances that are created during installation of the software product. The graphical user interface instances are read to identify information related to software identifiers of the software product and of potentially unwanted programs. A signature file may be received from a third-party server. The software identifiers of the software product and potentially unwanted programs can be checked against the signature file during installation of the software product in order to identify the presence of potentially unwanted programs that may be bundled with software product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
    Inventors: Babu Nath Giri, Prashanth P. Ramagopal, Vinoo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20160328223
    Abstract: A technique allows a user client to receive a software product from a server. The user client may determine if the software product includes other potentially unwanted programs by reading one or more graphical user interface instances that are created during installation of the software product. The graphical user interface instances are read to identify information related to software identifiers of the software product and of potentially unwanted programs. A signature file may be received from a third-party server. The software identifiers of the software product and potentially unwanted programs can be checked against the signature file during installation of the software product in order to identify the presence of potentially unwanted programs that may be bundled with software product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Babu Nath Giri, Prashanth P. Ramagopal, Vinoo Thomas