Patents by Inventor Yiyi Miao

Yiyi Miao 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: 11522901
    Abstract: A system receives binary data and first identification data. The binary data includes hashes of strings of bits, bytes, words or characters. The system receives vulnerability data and second identification data. The system determines a correspondence between the binary data and the vulnerability data based on matching the first identification data with the second identification data. The vulnerability data includes a country of origin for a product identified by the second identification data. The system generates a binaries-to-vulnerabilities database. The system scans target binary data from a target device to to find matches between the target binary data and the binary data using the binaries-to-vulnerabilities database. The system determines a known security vulnerability based on the results of the scanning and the correspondence between the binary data and the vulnerability data. The known security vulnerability includes the country of origin for the product in the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OPSWAT, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Dye, Benjamin Czarny, Bill Zhao, Shae Anthony Bettencourt, Yiyi Miao
  • Publication number: 20200389483
    Abstract: A system receives binary data and first identification data. The binary data includes hashes of strings of bits, bytes, words or characters. The system receives vulnerability data and second identification data. The system determines a correspondence between the binary data and the vulnerability data based on matching the first identification data with the second identification data. The vulnerability data includes a country of origin for a product identified by the second identification data. The system generates a binaries-to-vulnerabilities database. The system scans target binary data from a target device to to find matches between the target binary data and the binary data using the binaries-to-vulnerabilities database. The system determines a known security vulnerability based on the results of the scanning and the correspondence between the binary data and the vulnerability data. The known security vulnerability includes the country of origin for the product in the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: OPSWAT, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Dye, Benjamin Czarny, Bill Zhao, Shae Anthony Bettencourt, Yiyi Miao
  • Patent number: 10621345
    Abstract: A method for securely validating the file format type including receiving a file having a file format type, a header and a content block. The header has a header block with a description representing attributes of the actual content in the file. The content block has leading bytes representing attributes of the actual content, and actual content. Data is parsed from the description of the header block, the leading bytes and the actual content. Data from the description is compared to the data from the leading bytes, data from the leading bytes is compared to the data from the actual content, and data from the description is compared to the data from the actual content. The file format type is validated and trustable when the data from the description, the data from the leading bytes and the data from the actual content are consistent with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: OPSWAT, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Czarny, Yiyi Miao, Jianpeng Mo
  • Publication number: 20200104494
    Abstract: A method for securely validating the file format type including receiving a file having a file format type, a header and a content block. The header has a header block with a description representing attributes of the actual content in the file. The content block has leading bytes representing attributes of the actual content, and actual content. Data is parsed from the description of the header block, the leading bytes and the actual content. Data from the description is compared to the data from the leading bytes, data from the leading bytes is compared to the data from the actual content, and data from the description is compared to the data from the actual content. The file format type is validated and trustable when the data from the description, the data from the leading bytes and the data from the actual content are consistent with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: OPSWAT, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Czarny, Yiyi Miao, Jianpeng Mo
  • Patent number: 10242189
    Abstract: A method for securely validating the file format type including receiving a file having a file format type, a header and a content block. The header has a header block with a description representing attributes of the actual content in the file. The content block has leading bytes representing attributes of the actual content, and actual content. Data is parsed from the description of the header block, the leading bytes and the actual content. Data from the description is compared to the data from the leading bytes, data from the leading bytes is compared to the data from the actual content, and data from the description is compared to the data from the actual content. The file format type is validated and trustable when the data from the description, the data from the leading bytes and the data from the actual content are consistent with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: OPSWAT, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Czarny, Yiyi Miao, Jianpeng Mo
  • Publication number: 20180352003
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include methods involving an authentication application, a client application, or a combination of a network access control server with the authentication application and the client application. The client application collects compliance data regarding the user device and communicates the compliance data to the network access control server. The network access control server generates a compliance check result based on whether the compliance data indicates that the user device is compliant with a security policy for the software-as-a-service server. The authentication application grants access by the user device when the compliance check result is positive; and the authentication application denies access by the user device when the compliance check result is negative. In some embodiments, the compliance check result or a user device identifier is stored in a web browser cookie or a client certificate on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: OPSWAT, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Gregory Winn, Benjamin Czarny, Jianpeng Mo, Yiyi Miao
  • Patent number: 10063594
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include methods involving an authentication application, a client application, or a combination of a network access control server with the authentication application and the client application. The client application collects compliance data regarding the user device and communicates the compliance data to the network access control server. The network access control server generates a compliance check result based on whether the compliance data indicates that the user device is compliant with a security policy for the software-as-a-service server. The authentication application grants access by the user device when the compliance check result is positive; and the authentication application denies access by the user device when the compliance check result is negative. In some embodiments, the compliance check result or a user device identifier is stored in a web browser cookie or a client certificate on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: OPSWAT, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Gregory Winn, Benjamin Czarny, Jianpeng Mo, Yiyi Miao
  • Publication number: 20160197962
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include methods involving an authentication application, a client application, or a combination of a network access control server with the authentication application and the client application. The client application collects compliance data regarding the user device and communicates the compliance data to the network access control server. The network access control server generates a compliance check result based on whether the compliance data indicates that the user device is compliant with a security policy for the software-as-a-service server. The authentication application grants access by the user device when the compliance check result is positive; and the authentication application denies access by the user device when the compliance check result is negative. In some embodiments, the compliance check result or a user device identifier is stored in a web browser cookie or a client certificate on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Adam Gregory Winn, Benjamin Czarny, Jianpeng Mo, Yiyi Miao
  • Patent number: 9288199
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention involve a method and system including a network access control server, an authentication application running on a software-as-a-service server, and a client application running on a user device. The client application collects compliance data regarding the user device and communicates the compliance data to the network access control server. The network access control server generates a compliance check result based on whether the compliance data indicates that the user device is compliant with a security policy for the software-as-a-service server. The authentication application grants access by the user device when the compliance check result is positive; and the authentication application denies access by the user device when the compliance check result is negative. In some embodiments, the compliance check result is stored in a cookie of one or more web browsers installed on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: OPSWAT, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Gregory Winn, Benjamin Czarny, Jianpeng Mo, Yiyi Miao