Patents by Inventor Vijay Anand Seshadri

Vijay Anand Seshadri 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: 8997205
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a secure domain name services by utilizing a hypervisor to provide an isolated execution environment in which a secure browser session can be instantiated. The secure browser session utilizes a secure DNS server to provide domain name services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Vijay Anand Seshadri
  • Patent number: 8484739
    Abstract: Techniques for securely performing reputation based analysis using virtualization are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a computer implemented method for performing reputation based analysis comprising detecting a specified activity associated with a virtual client, determining a reputation associated with the specified activity, and performing an action associated with the determined reputation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Vijay Anand Seshadri
  • Patent number: 8347380
    Abstract: A method and system for protecting users from accidentally disclosing personal information in an insecure environment. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring I/O device input data associated with a guest operating system on a virtualization platform. The guest operating system has less privilege than a privileged operating system on the virtualization platform. The method further includes determining whether the I/O device input data corresponds to personal information of a user, and delaying or blocking the transfer of the I/O device input data to the guest operating system if the I/O device input data corresponds to the personal information of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Sourabh Satish, Shreyans Mehta, Vijay Anand Seshadri