Machine-Learning Resource Output Analysis for Threat Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information handling systems are vulnerable to security threats and misuse, with challenges in analyzing computer use and managing resource output effectively.

Innovation Solution

Implementing machine learning techniques to analyze resource output, such as application displays, to detect malicious actions and unauthorized activities, without requiring access to traditional logs or APIs, thereby simplifying policy generation and enforcement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional log analysis and API monitoring are used to detect security threats, then detection capability is improved, but system complexity and administrative burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity threat detectionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and analyzes only the essential output elements (display content, window titles, icons) from the application interface rather than monitoring entire system logs or API calls. This selective extraction maintains security detection capability while reducing system complexity by focusing only on visible user interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary analysis layer that captures application output through the display interface rather than directly accessing system logs or APIs. This intermediary approach simplifies the monitoring system by observing only what is presented to the user, reducing complexity while maintaining detection effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive resource monitoring is implemented to detect malicious activities, then security detection accuracy is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the application output into distinct analytical elements (display content, window titles, icons, controls) rather than analyzing the entire output as a single unit. This segmentation enables parallel processing of different elements, improving detection accuracy while reducing overall processing time through divided computational tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by analyzing only the most security-relevant portions of application output (such as window titles, file paths, and specific control elements) rather than processing every pixel or element. This selective analysis maintains high detection accuracy while significantly reducing computational overhead and processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Reliability

If detailed policy enforcement rules are implemented to control resource usage, then security control effectiveness is improved, but ease of operation and administrative simplicity decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity control effectivenessVSAvoidadministrative simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables self-service policy enforcement by automatically analyzing application output elements and determining policy violations without requiring manual configuration of detailed rules. The system autonomously evaluates display content against security policies, reducing administrative burden while maintaining effective security control through automated decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of policy enforcement from static, pre-configured rules to dynamic, context-aware evaluation based on actual application output. By monitoring real-time display elements and adapting policy checks to the current application state, the system achieves effective security control with simpler administrative oversight, as policies are enforced based on observed behavior rather than complex rule sets.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250291942A1Methods and systems for resource control using machine learning analysis of resource output
Publication Date: 2025.09.18 MCLAUGHLIN III GERALD T
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AI summary

Methods and systems for machine learning analysis of resource output are disclosed that include acquiring a resource output (where the resource output is an output produced by a computing resource), generating a representation of the resource output (where the representation is generated by the machine learning system, and the machine learning system generates the representation based, at least in part, on the resource output), and, in response to an analysis of the representation against a representational statement, performing an operation (where the representational statement is in a representational language).