Kenneth W Berryman

US Patent:

8490086, Jul 16, 2013

Filed:

Jun 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/495420

Inventors:

Randall R. Cook - Springville UT, US
Kenneth Berryman - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 11/00

US Classification:

718 1, 726 22

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for filtering input/output communications of guest operating systems may include: 1) identifying a guest operating system running in a virtual machine, 2) creating an input/output filtering layer that resides outside the guest operating system, 3) intercepting, at the input/output filtering layer, an input/output communication involving the guest operating system, and then 4) performing a filtering operation on the input/output communication. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

US Patent:

8458232, Jun 4, 2013

Filed:

Mar 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/415587

Inventors:

Michael Spertus - Wilmette IL, US
Kenneth Berryman - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707812, 707831

Abstract:

Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer-readable media for using community data to automatically generate rules for distinguishing data files from other file types are disclosed. In one example, an exemplary method for performing such a task may comprise: 1) receiving file metadata from a plurality of computing systems within a community, 2) establishing, based on the file metadata received from the plurality of computing systems within the community, criteria for distinguishing data files from other file types, and then 3) automatically generating a rule that comprises at least one of the criteria for distinguishing data files from other file types. Corresponding methods for identifying data files by applying such rules are also disclosed.