Patents by Inventor Srini Chillappa

Srini Chillappa 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).

  • Patent number: 10791116
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for securing Universal Plug and Play connections may include (1) detecting, by a network device within a local network, an attempt by a remote device to establish a connection with a client device within the local network via a UPnP protocol, (2) identifying a forwarding rule applied by the network device on the client device based at least in part on an identity of the client device, (3) determining at least one restriction placed on UPnP connections between the client device and remote devices by the forwarding rule, and then in response to determining the restriction placed on UPnP connections between the client device and remote devices by the forwarding rule, (4) enforcing the restriction on the connection attempted by the remote device with the client device via the UPnP protocol. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NortonLifeLock Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce McCorkendale, Ramakrishnan Meenakshi Sundaram, Justin Harmon, Srini Chillappa
  • Patent number: 10771504
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting unauthorized data shares may include (1) providing a user of an anonymized inbox with an email alias to use for a particular online entity, (2) identifying one or more emails sent to the email alias from one or more different entities that are different from the particular online entity, (3) determining, based on the one or more emails having been sent by the different entities, that the particular online entity has shared the user's email alias with other entities, and (4) creating a privacy score for the particular online entity based at least in part on the determination that the particular online entity has shared the user's email alias with other entities. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: NortonLifeLock Inc.
    Inventors: SriHarsha Angara, Michael Lo, Srini Chillappa, Simon Tiku, Viral Mehta, John Meehan
  • Publication number: 20190379695
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting unauthorized data shares may include (1) providing a user of an anonymized inbox with an email alias to use for a particular online entity, (2) identifying one or more emails sent to the email alias from one or more different entities that are different from the particular online entity, (3) determining, based on the one or more emails having been sent by the different entities, that the particular online entity has shared the user's email alias with other entities, and (4) creating a privacy score for the particular online entity based at least in part on the determination that the particular online entity has shared the user's email alias with other entities. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: SriHarsha Angara, Michael Lo, Srini Chillappa, Simon Tiku, Viral Mehta, John Meehan
  • Patent number: 10462672
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing wireless-network deauthentication attacks may include (1) detecting, at the wireless access point, a deauthentication signal, transmitted over a wireless network that is managed at least in part by the wireless access point, that prompts a target computing device to disconnect from the wireless network, (2) determining both that the deauthentication signal is directed to the target computing device and that the deauthentication signal was not initiated by the wireless access point, (3) determining, based at least in part on the determination that the deauthentication signal was not initiated by the wireless access point, that the deauthentication signal represents an illegitimate deauthentication signal, and (4) performing, in response to determining that the deauthentication signal represents an illegitimate deauthentication signal, a security action to mitigate effects of the illegitimate deauthentication signal on the target computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Ramakrishnan Meenakshi Sundaram, Bruce McCorkendale, Justin Harmon, Srini Chillappa