Patents by Inventor Ryan Hicks

Ryan Hicks 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).

  • Publication number: 20100058474
    Abstract: A method of automatically identifying malware may include receiving, by an expert system knowledge base, an assembly language sequence from a binary file, identifying an instruction sequence from the received assembly language sequence, and classifying, by the expert system knowledge base, the instruction sequence as threatening, non-threatening or non-classifiable by applying one or more rules of the expert system knowledge base to the instruction sequence. If the instruction sequence is classified as threatening, information may be transmitted to a code analysis component and a user may be notified that the binary file includes malware. The information may include one or more of the following: the instruction sequence, a label comprising an indication that the instruction sequence is threatening, and a request that one or more other assembly language sequences from the binary file be searched for at least a portion of the instruction sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: AVG TECHNOLOGIES CZ, S.R.O.
    Inventor: Ryan Hicks
  • Publication number: 20090320119
    Abstract: A method and system allows a user to add content to a displayable content container (e.g., web page) that specifies at least one modifiable portion, where the modifiable portion is served by a server operated by one entity, but provided to the server by a service operated by another entity. The modifiable portion is attributable to the one entity and remaining content in the displayable content container is not editable by the users. Other features, such as user authentication mechanisms, are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: wetpaint.com, inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Hicks, Blake Macurdy, Steve McQuade, Ben Elowitz
  • Publication number: 20090055755
    Abstract: A representational editing system for WYSIWYG editing of editable web pages with embedded content elements. The representational editing system presents embedded content elements in an editable manner that represents their actual appearance on the web page. Typically, the representational editing system displays an image in place of the embedded content. The representational editing system enables users to modify editable attributes of embedded content in a WYSIWYG editing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Ryan Hicks, Alex Berg, Simon Gershey, Steve Apel
  • Publication number: 20090055460
    Abstract: A method and system for WYSIWYG editing of dynamic content on editable web pages. Generated content is content that is received periodically from a dynamic source. Generated content may be represented on an editable web page by instructions that describe how to generate the dynamic content. The generated content system presents generated elements in a non-editable manner while allowing modification of their instructions and also allowing complete editing functionality of any surrounding static content. Thus, the generated content system allows the user to include generated content in an editable web page in a way that clearly identifies the generated content during editing and still allows the user to modify the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Ryan Hicks, Alex Berg, Simon Gershey, Steve Apel
  • Publication number: 20080244740
    Abstract: A system for editing a web page includes receiving the web page in a normalized form, where the normalized form is independent of any browser form. The page may be displayed to a user, where the web page has been translated from the normalized form to a browser-dependent form, and editable by the user. The web page may be a Wiki or collaborate web page. Overall, described in detail above is a unified editing system for editing a collaborative web page is described. The collaborative web page having a normalized form that is independent of any browser form. The system displays the collaborative web page that has been translated from the normalized form to a browser-dependent form to a user, wherein the browser-dependent form of the collaborative web page is editable by a user. The unified editing system receives from the user the edited collaborative web page in the browser-dependent form. Other features and aspects of the invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: wetpaint.com, inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Hicks, Simon Gershey, Blake Macurdy, Alex Berg, Steve Apel