Patents by Inventor Timothy D. Dodd

Timothy D. Dodd 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).

  • Context agent injection using virtual machine introspection
    Patent number: 9547346
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for executing a process within a virtual machine. A module is injected into an operating system for the virtual machine to form an injected module. The injected module is executed to load an agent process within an application space within the virtual machine. Execution of the agent process is initiated by the injected module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marshall T. Vandegrift, Kevin M. Skapinetz, Timothy D. Dodd
  • Context Agent Injection Using Virtual Machine Introspection
    Publication number: 20150149760
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for executing a process within a virtual machine. A module is injected into an operating system for the virtual machine to form an injected module. The injected module is executed to load an agent process within an application space within the virtual machine. Execution of the agent process is initiated by the injected module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Marshall T. Vandegrift, Kevin M. Skapinetz, Timothy D. Dodd
  • Method and system for identifying, fixing, and updating security vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 6907531
    Abstract: A method and system identifies, fixes, and updates security vulnerabilities in a host computer or host computers. The present invention can communicate between a scanner with plug-in capability, an operating system, and an express update package. The architectural set-up can allow exploits within the scanner and exploits in the express update package to function with no knowledge of each other. The user also needs no knowledge of whether the exploits are within the scanner or the express update package. Mutual authentication procedures can enable the scanner to load only legitimate express update packages, and can provide that express update packages can only be loaded into legitimate scanners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Internet Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Dodd, Scott Mewett, Curtis E. Ide, Kevin A. Overcash, David A. Dennerline, Bobby J. Williams, Martin D. Sells