The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 8843496 B1

PDF
Full Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2013
Applicant:

Mcafee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rishi Bhargava, Cupertino, CA (US);

David P. Reese, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30705 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); G06F 17/30017 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method in one example implementation includes obtaining a plurality of host file inventories corresponding respectively to a plurality of hosts, calculating input data using the plurality of host file inventories, and then providing the input data to a clustering procedure to group the plurality of hosts into one or more clusters of hosts. The method further includes each cluster of hosts being grouped using predetermined similarity criteria. In more specific embodiments, each of the host file inventories includes a set of one or more file identifiers with each file identifier representing a different executable software file on a corresponding one of the plurality of hosts. In other more specific embodiments, calculating the input data includes transforming the host file inventories into a matrix of keyword vectors in Euclidean space. In further embodiments, calculating the input data includes transforming the host file inventories into a similarity matrix.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Bhargava, Rishi. (2014). System and method for clustering host inventories (U.S. Patent No. 8843496). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8843496

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Loading…