Patents by Inventor Priti More

Priti More 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).

  • Systems and methods for obtaining information about security threats on endpoint devices
    Patent number: 10262131
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for obtaining information about security threats on endpoint devices may include (1) detecting, by a security program on a computing device, an attempt to access at least one suspicious file, (2) before permitting the computing device to access the suspicious file, identifying, by the security program, at least one third-party resource not associated with the security program that contains information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, (3) obtaining, by the security program from the third-party resource, the information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, and then (4) determining, by the security program based at least in part on the information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, whether the suspicious file represents a security threat to the computing device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Priti More, Kovid Agarwal, Sujit Magar
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY THREATS ON ENDPOINT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170279819
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for obtaining information about security threats on endpoint devices may include (1) detecting, by a security program on a computing device, an attempt to access at least one suspicious file, (2) before permitting the computing device to access the suspicious file, identifying, by the security program, at least one third-party resource not associated with the security program that contains information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, (3) obtaining, by the security program from the third-party resource, the information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, and then (4) determining, by the security program based at least in part on the information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, whether the suspicious file represents a security threat to the computing device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Priti More, Kovid Agarwal, Sujit Magar