Mobile management system

US11595312B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MOBILE SONIC, INC. · US

Inventors

• Joseph T. Savarese · Edmonds, US
• Steven HECKT · Edmonds, US
• Michael E. BRYANT · Bellevue, US
• Eric C. MCNEILL · Seattle, US
• Carter Smith · Redmond, US
• Elizabeth KIHSLINGER · Kaukauna, US
• Thomas Gunther HELMS · Kent, US
• Camilla KEENAN-KOCH · Seattle, US
• Joseph G. SOUZA · Seattle, US
• Paul Hoover · Seattle, US
• S. Aaron Stavens · Auburn, US
• Christian E. Hofstaedter · Lower Saucon Township, US
• Jonathan Scott · Seattle, US
• Erik Olson · Seattle, US
• James S. Simpkins · Issaquah, US
• Stephen Gregory FALLIN · Bothell, US
• John Harvey HILLOCK · Bellevue, US
• Eivind Naess · Auburn, US
• Michael L. Snyder · Seattle, US
• David Michael MIRLY · Seattle, US
• Marius LEE · Redmond, US
• Glenn Patrick ARANAS · Renton, US
• Norman C. HAMER · Shoreline, US
• Tridib DUTTA · Snoqualmie, US
• Andrew James HOOVER · Seattle, US
• Thomas A. SWEET · Snohomish, US
• Mark ANACKER · Lake Forest Park, US
• An PHAN · Tacoma, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 2021
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W12/12
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Mobile management method and system. The method includes receiving from an application on a client a DNS query for a host name; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining whether a policy associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name exists; and one of: sending network flows one of: through a VPN tunnel to a server or out a local proxy on the client to a private or public network; or blocking the network flow based on the determined policy for the host name.