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Michael Spertus
Also filed as: SPERTUS MICHAEL · SPERTUS MICHAEL P · SPERTUS MICHAEL PAUL
45 granted patents·1,798 citations·filing 1997–2017
99Inventor score
Files withSYMANTEC CORP12SPERTUS MICHAEL10SYMANTEC OPERATING CORP10GEODESIC SYSTEMS INC3NACHENBERG CAREY S2
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45 records- 0199US8250657B1Web site hygiene-based computer securityNACHENBERG CAREY S·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 21, 2012·174 cites·16 claims
- 0298US8176480B1Adaptive instrumentation through dynamic recompilationSPERTUS MICHAEL P·Filed 2006·Granted May 8, 2012·294 cites·20 claims
- 0398US8001606B1Malware detection using a white listSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 16, 2011·130 cites·16 claims
- 0498US7529785B1Efficient backups using dynamically shared storage pools in peer-to-peer networksSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·250 cites·26 claims
- 0597US8180893B1Component-level sandboxingSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted May 15, 2012·50 cites·17 claims
- 0697US7783600B1Redundancy management service for peer-to-peer networksSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 24, 2010·129 cites·25 claims
- 0794US8201224B1Systems and methods for temporarily adjusting control settings on computing devicesSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 12, 2012·40 cites·18 claims
- 0893US8176079B1Restricting access to network resources through recursive URL classificationSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted May 8, 2012·32 cites·19 claims
- 0993US7831560B1Snapshot-aware secure deleteSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 9, 2010·34 cites·12 claims
- 1093US7434105B1Selective self-healing of memory errors using allocation location informationSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 7, 2008·50 cites·25 claims
- 1192US9888024B2Detection of security incidents with low confidence security eventsSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 6, 2018·11 cites·19 claims
- 1292US8938808B1Systems and methods for using virtualization to implement information rights managementSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 20, 2015·21 cites·20 claims
- 1391US7917481B1File-system-independent malicious content detectionSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 29, 2011·39 cites·9 claims
- 1491US7805717B1Pre-computed dynamic instrumentationSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 28, 2010·31 cites·23 claims
- 1589US7707555B2Interactive debugging system with debug data base systemSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 27, 2010·25 cites·13 claims
- 1688US8458232B1Systems and methods for identifying data files based on community dataSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 4, 2013·27 cites·15 claims
- 1788US8392992B1Method and apparatus for preventing sensitive data leakage due to input focus misappropriationSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 5, 2013·18 cites·20 claims
- 1887US10530805B1Systems and methods for detecting security incidentsSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 7, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 1987US10326772B2Systems and methods for anonymizing log entriesSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 18, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 2087US7051056B2Conservative garbage collectors that can be used with general memory allocatorsVERITAS OPERATING CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 23, 2006·68 cites·33 claims
- 2186US10339308B1Systems and methods for remediating computer reliability issuesSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 2, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 2286US7827247B1Verifying instant messaging aliases via online parental control accounts, without disclosing identity to unverified partiesSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 2, 2010·14 cites·20 claims
- 2384US7926106B1Utilizing early exclusive volume access and direct volume manipulation to remove protected filesSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 12, 2011·18 cites·16 claims
- 2483US9934541B1Method and apparatus for inferring realworld identitiesSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 3, 2018·4 cites·18 claims
- 2583US7827145B1Leveraging client redundancy on restoreSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 2, 2010·15 cites·20 claims
- 2683US7634521B1Technique for scanning stealthed, locked, and encrypted filesSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 15, 2009·21 cites·16 claims
- 2780US8732821B1Method and apparatus for preventing accidential disclosure of confidential information via visual representation objectsSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted May 20, 2014·6 cites·18 claims
- 2880US8510845B1Method and apparatus for monitoring identity misrepresentation by a user on a networkSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 13, 2013·7 cites·17 claims
- 2979US9781159B1Method, apparatus and system for protecting identity informationHERNACKI BRIAN·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 3, 2017·8 cites·17 claims
- 3077US7725882B1System and method for profiling processes in a computing systemSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 25, 2010·9 cites·22 claims
- 3176US7739689B1Internal monitoring of applications in a distributed management frameworkSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 15, 2010·25 cites·15 claims
- 3276US6938245B1Interactive debugging system with debug data base systemVERITAS OPERATING CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 30, 2005·71 cites·28 claims
- 3375US8230500B1Methods and systems for detecting rootkitsSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 24, 2012·7 cites·20 claims
- 3474US8978116B1Method and apparatus for monitoring an online identity of a user on a networkSPERTUS MICHAEL·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 10, 2015·6 cites·17 claims
- 3574US8260711B1Systems and methods for managing rights of data via dynamic taint analysisWAWDA ABUBAKAR·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 4, 2012·7 cites·13 claims
- 3673US9189629B1Systems and methods for discouraging polymorphic malwareNACHENBURG CAREY S·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 17, 2015·11 cites·20 claims
- 3771US8650647B1Web site computer security using client hygiene scoresNACHENBERG CAREY S·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 11, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 3869US9578057B1Techniques for detecting an intranet spoofing attackSYMANTEC CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 21, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 3967US7827154B1Application failure diagnosisSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 2, 2010·14 cites·22 claims
- 4065US7299384B1Fixing prematurely freed objectsSYMANTEC OPERATING CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 20, 2007·12 cites·18 claims
- 4161US8930683B1Memory order tester for multi-threaded programsSPERTUS MICHAEL P·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 6, 2015·2 cites·17 claims
- 4260US9959404B2Methods and systems for creating and updating approved-file and trusted-domain databasesNACHENBERG CAREY·Filed 2007·Granted May 1, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 4360US6518979B1Automatically-maintained customizable user interfacesGEODESIC SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 11, 2003·40 cites·19 claims
- 4458US6055612AIncremental garbage collector with decommit barrierGEODESIC SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 25, 2000·27 cites·20 claims
- 4555US6584478B1Transparent garbage collection of resourcesGEODESIC SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 24, 2003·29 cites·47 claims
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