Adam G Wright

US Patent:

8341745, Dec 25, 2012

Filed:

Feb 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/710324

Inventors:

Duen Horng Chau - Pittsburg PA, US
Adam Wright - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 11/00
G06F 15/173
G06F 12/14
G08B 23/00

US Classification:

726 24, 726 22, 726 23, 726 25, 709223

Abstract:

The probability of a computer file being malware is inferred by iteratively propagating domain knowledge among computer files, related clients, and/or related source domains. A graph is generated to include machine nodes representing clients, file nodes representing files residing on the clients, and optionally domain nodes representing source domains hosting the files. The graph also includes edges connecting the machine nodes with the related file nodes, and optionally edges connecting the domain nodes with the related file nodes. Priors and edge potentials are set for the nodes and the edges based on related domain knowledge. The domain knowledge is iteratively propagated and aggregated among the connected nodes through exchanging messages among the connected nodes. The iteration process ends when a stopping criterion is met. The classification and associated marginal probability for each file node are calculated based on the priors, the received messages, and the edge potentials associated with the edges through which the messages were received.

US Patent:

44277180, Jan 24, 1984

Filed:

May 27, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/382393

Inventors:

Patrick Heron - Hillsdale NJ
Timothy Hartnett - Westwood NJ
Adam Wright - Jamaica NY

International Classification:

B05D 312

US Classification:

427175

Abstract:

A method of encapsulating a cable strand formed of a plurality of bundled steel wires is carried out by forcing apart the wires of the strand with wooden wedges, and then filling the resulting gap solid with red lead paste. After this, the wedges are removed to permit the paste to coat and fill all voids between the strand wires. This operation is repeated at a plurality of circumferential positions on the strand. Then, the wedges can be driven in at an adjacent position up the strand. Next, the portion of the strand at which the red lead paste has been so applied is coated with the same paste. Finally, the cable is paint encapsulated by using a bath of red lead paint. This method is favorably carried out to protect the crotch of a suspension bridge main cable strand at a position near the strand shoe thereof.