Firewall subscription service system and method
US6941474B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system are described for creating and maintaining a firewall subscription service. A firewall is established within the firewall service. Customers are permitted to subscribe to the firewall subscription service. Each subscriber is an independent, paying party. A subscriber may subscribe to protect one or more computer systems. The firewall offers a particular level of security to a subscriber's computer systems when the subscriber's computer systems are communicating with an external network. All communications transmitted to any of the subscriber's computer systems utilizing the external network are received first by the firewall. The firewall is utilized to protect the subscriber's computer systems when the subscriber's computer systems receive communications transmitted utilizing the external network.
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