Method and apparatus for distributing network security advisory information

US8176078B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Michael Singer · Berkeley Heights, US
• Keith Roden · Flemington, US
• Stephen Roderick · Phillipsburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2005
• Grant date: May 8, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for distributing network security advisory information. In one embodiment, each user creates a profile describing his or her preferences with regard to the receipt of security advisory information (e.g., types of security advisory information he or she wishes to receive, the channels over which he or she wishes to receive the security advisory information). Incoming security advisory information is then distributed in accordance with the user profiles.