Patents by Inventor Raoul J. Tiddy

Raoul J. Tiddy 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).

  • Dynamic quarantining for malware detection
    Patent number: 8914886
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a portion of data on an electronic device, determining a first representation of the malware status of the data, quarantining the data for a period of time, estimating whether the data is associated with malware by comparing the first and second representation, and, based on the estimation, releasing the data from quarantine. The first representation indicates that the malware status of the data is not certain to be safe and the malware status of the data is not certain to be malicious.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Bishop, Raoul J. Tiddy, Igor Muttik, Alexander J. Hinchliffe, Christopher C. Williams
  • DYNAMIC QUARANTINING FOR MALWARE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20140123279
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a portion of data on an electronic device, determining a first representation of the malware status of the data, quarantining the data for a period of time, estimating whether the data is associated with malware by comparing the first and second representation, and, based on the estimation, releasing the data from quarantine. The first representation indicates that the malware status of the data is not certain to be safe and the malware status of the data is not certain to be malicious.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Michael G. Bishop, Raoul J. Tiddy, Igor Muttik, Alexander J. Hinchliffe, Christopher C. Williams