Patents by Inventor Roger John Thompson

Roger John Thompson 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).

  • Software vulnerability exploitation shield
    Patent number: 8898787
    Abstract: This paper describes a mechanism for minimizing the exploitation of vulnerabilities on software installed on a computing system. At a transport layer (e.g., transmission communication protocol (TCP) sockets layer), network traffic is monitored using a security component installed on a target computer. When a message destined for the computing system is received, data included in the message is compared with exploit evidence used to identify malicious code. The exploit evidence is provided to the security component by security service that gathers information about the malicious code. Based on the comparison of data in the message with the exploit evidence, rules are identified that instruct the security component to take an appropriate action on the message received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: AVG Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Roger John Thompson, Gregory Andrew Mosher
  • SOFTWARE VULNERABILITY EXPLOITATION SHIELD
    Publication number: 20070226797
    Abstract: This paper describes a mechanism for minimizing the exploitation of vulnerabilities on software installed on a computing system. At a transport layer (e.g., transmission communication protocol (TCP) sockets layer), network traffic is monitored using a security component installed on a target computer. When a message destined for the computing system is received, data included in the message is compared with exploit evidence used to identify malicious code. The exploit evidence is provided to the security component by security service that gathers information about the malicious code. Based on the comparison of data in the message with the exploit evidence, rules are identified that instruct the security component to take an appropriate action on the message received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Exploit Prevention Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger John Thompson, Gregory Andrew Mosher