Patents by Inventor Vitall A. Fridman

Vitall A. Fridman 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).

  • Personal computing device-based mechanism to detect preselected data
    Patent number: 8751506
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting pre-selected data stored on a personal computing device is described. In one embodiment, contents of data storage media of a personal computing device are searched for pre-selected sensitive data. In one embodiment, if at least a portion of the pre-selected sensitive data is detected, a notification of the detection of the pre-selected data is sent to a system via a network. In another embodiment, if at least a portion of pre-selected sensitive data is detected, the access to this data is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin T. Rowney, Michael R. Wolfe, Mythili Gopalakrishnan, Vitall A. Fridman
  • PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICE-BASED MECHANISM TO DETECT PRESELECTED DATA
    Publication number: 20120016884
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting pre-selected data stored on a personal computing device is described. In one embodiment, contents of data storage media of a personal computing device are searched for pre-selected sensitive data. In one embodiment, if at least a portion of the pre-selected sensitive data is detected, a notification of the detection of the pre-selected data is sent to a system via a network. In another embodiment, if at least a portion of pre-selected sensitive data is detected, the access to this data is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Kevin T. Rowney, Michael R. Wolfe, Mythili Gopalakrishnan, Vitall A. Fridman