Patents by Inventor Timothy W. Burrell

Timothy W. Burrell 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).

  • Large scale malicious process detection
    Patent number: 9819689
    Abstract: Identify a set or session of processes as having certain characteristics. A method obtains a known set or session of processes, wherein the known set or session of processes has the certain characteristics. A set or session of processes to be evaluated is obtained. A weighted similarity measure is performed between the known set or session of processes and the set or session of processes to be evaluated. The weighted similarity measure is performed element wise, where a comparison is performed for each defined element in the set or session of processes to be evaluated against elements in the known set or session of processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Himanshu Chandola, Jack Wilson Stokes, III, Gil Lapid Shafriri, Craig Henry Wittenberg, Timothy W. Burrell, Christian Seifert
  • Large Scale Malicious Process Detection
    Publication number: 20160269424
    Abstract: Identify a set or session of processes as having certain characteristics. A method obtains a known set or session of processes, wherein the known set or session of processes has the certain characteristics. A set or session of processes to be evaluated is obtained. A weighted similarity measure is performed between the known set or session of processes and the set or session of processes to be evaluated. The weighted similarity measure is performed element wise, where a comparison is performed for each defined element in the set or session of processes to be evaluated against elements in the known set or session of processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Himanshu Chandola, Jack Wilson Stokes, III, Gil Lapid Shafriri, Craig Henry Wittenberg, Timothy W. Burrell, Christian Seifert