Patents by Inventor Robert Neel

Robert Neel 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 detecting malware domain names
    Patent number: 11916935
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of executing scanning software, such an executable software program or script (e.g., PowerShell script), by a computing device of an enterprise, such as a security server, may instruct the computing device to search all or a subset of computing devices in an enterprise network. The scanning software may identify PowerShell scripts containing particular malware attributes, according to a malicious-code dataset. The computing system executing the scanning software may scan through the identified PowerShell scripts to identify particular strings, values, or code-portions, and take a remedial action according to the scanning software programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Robert Neel
  • Systems and methods for detecting malware domain names
    Patent number: 11457022
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of executing scanning software, such an executable software program or script (e.g., PowerShell script), by a computing device of an enterprise, such as a security server, may instruct the computing device to search all or a subset of computing devices in an enterprise network. The scanning software my identify PowerShell scripts containing particular malware attributes, according to a malicious-code dataset. The computing system executing the scanning software may scan through the identified PowerShell scripts to identify particular strings, values, or code-portions, and take a remedial action according to the scanning software programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Robert Neel