Remedial action against malicious code at a client facility
US8782786B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/564
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of this invention may relate to a malicious application remedial action request application where a network site interaction may be requested from a client computing facility; the network site interaction from the client computing facility may be determined to be unacceptable based on an acceptance policy at a gateway facility; access to the network site from the client computing facility may be denied; information relating to the attempted interaction with the network site may be sent from the gateway facility to the client computing facility, wherein the information may indicate that the attempted interaction occurred; and the client computing facility may interpret the information relating to the attempted interaction, determine whether the attempted interaction was the result of an automatically generated request, and take remedial action in the event that the attempted interaction was the result of the automatically generated request.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.