Patent №
US 9,501,640
Granted
2016-11-22
Filed 2011
Owner
MCAFEE, INC.
Lab
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AI components
2
planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13232718
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for determining the similarity between a first data set and a second data set is provided. The method includes performing an entropy analysis on the first and second data sets to produce a first entropy result, wherein the first data set comprises data representative of a first one or more computer files of known content and the second data set comprises data representative of a one or more computer files of unknown content; analyzing the first entropy result; and if the first entropy result is within a predetermined threshold, identifying the second data set as substantially related to the first data set.
AI classification
Ownership
MCAFEE, INC.
assignment · 269050804
Assignors
BEVERIDGE, DAVID NEILL, KARNIK, ABHISHEK AJAY, BEETS, KEVIN A., HEPPNER, TAD M., RAMAN, KARTHIK
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