Patents by Inventor Sameer Prakash Kamat

Sameer Prakash Kamat 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).

  • Automated ransomware identification and recovery
    Patent number: 11113156
    Abstract: A method for automated ransomware identification includes receiving a first series of data items for backup from a host system, identifying, using a heuristic, a first characteristic of the first series of data items, receiving a second series of data items for backup from the host system, identifying, using the heuristic, a second characteristic of the second series of data items, detecting that the second characteristic differs from the first characteristic in a manner consistent with a ransomware infection, and invoking a recovery procedure responsive to the detecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KASEYA US LLC
    Inventors: Karl Edward Brewer, Oscar Rudolph McNeese, Jr., Sameer Prakash Kamat
  • AUTOMATED RANSOMWARE IDENTIFICATION AND RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20190235973
    Abstract: A method for automated ransomware identification includes receiving a first series of data items for backup from a host system, identifying, using a heuristic, a first characteristic of the first series of data items, receiving a second series of data items for backup from the host system, identifying, using the heuristic, a second characteristic of the second series of data items, detecting that the second characteristic differs from the first characteristic in a manner consistent with a ransomware infection, and invoking a recovery procedure responsive to the detecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Unitrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Edward Brewer, Oscar Rudolph McNeese, JR., Sameer Prakash Kamat