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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7861303 | Malware scanning wireless service agent system and method A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning a mobile wireless device for malware. Initially, a service agent is initiated utilizing a mobile wireless device. Next, information describing the mobile wireless device is transmitted to a back... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7827611 | Malware scanning user interface for wireless devices A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning a mobile wireless device for malware. Initially, an update command is received from a user utilizing a graphical user interface of a mobile wireless device. An anti-malware scanner installed on ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7721110 | System and method for secure and verified sharing of resources in a peer-to-peer network environment A system and method for secure and verified sharing of resources in a peer-to-peer network environment to facilitate efficient use of bandwidth are disclosed. The method for securely sharing resources over a peer-to-peer network generally comprises broadcasting a re... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716719 | System and method for providing application services with controlled access into privileged processes A system for providing application services in a computing environment having both user-mode processes and privileged-mode processes. A user-mode component is provided with an interface configured to access an exposed privileged-mode interface. A configuration compo... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7620816 | System and method for automatic selection of service provider for efficient use of bandwidth and resources in a peer-to-peer network environment A system and method for distributed function discovery with third party responses in a peer-to-peer network to facilitate efficient use of bandwidth and resources are disclosed. The method for secure automatic selection of a designated service provider in a peer-to-... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7540031 | Wireless architecture with malware scanning component manager and associated API A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning a mobile wireless device for malware. A scan command is initially received from a user utilizing a mobile wireless device. Further, a component manager of the mobile wireless device is instantia... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7461403 | System and method for providing passive screening of transient messages in a distributed computing environment A system and method includes passive screening of transient messages in a distributed computing environment. A transient packet stream is passively monitored at a network boundary. Incoming datagrams structured in compliance with a network protocol layer are receive... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7392043 | API system, method and computer program product for accessing content/security analysis functionality in a mobile communication framework A system, method and computer program product are provided for accessing security or content analysis functionality utilizing a mobile communication device. Included is an operating system installed on a mobile communication device capable of communicating via a wir... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389539 | Anti-intrusion software updating system and method A method and system for updating anti-intrusion software is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a computer program product updates anti-intrusion software on a computer network which has an anti-intrusion monitor server. The anti-intrusion monitor server recognizes... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7254811 | Update system and method for updating a scanning subsystem in a mobile communication framework A system, method and computer program product are provided for efficiently updating a scanning subsystem of a mobile communication device. Initially received is a first portion of an update adapted for updating a scanning subsystem of a mobile communication device. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240102 | System and method for providing web browser-based secure remote network appliance configuration in a distributed computing environment A system and method for providing Web browser-based remote network appliance configuration in a distributed computing environment is described. A query message is broadcast from an applet executing within a Web browser to one or more network appliances. The network ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231440 | System and method for distributing portable computer virus definition records with binary file conversion A system and method for distributing portable computer virus definition records with binary file conversion are described. One or more virus definition records are stored into a structured virus database. Each virus definition record includes an identifier uniquely ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7181506 | System and method to securely confirm performance of task by a peer in a peer-to-peer network environment A system and method for securely confirming performance of a task by a peer in a peer-to-peer network environment using signed receipts are disclosed. The method generally comprises broadcasting a request over the network by a requesting peer for a task with respect... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171690 | Wireless malware scanning back-end system and method A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning a plurality of mobile wireless devices for malware. A request is received to update an anti-malware scanner installed on a mobile wireless device over a wireless network. Further, an update tail... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7146155 | System and method for providing telephonic content security service in a wireless network environment A system and method for providing telephonic content security service in a wireless network environment is described. A plurality of wireless devices interfacing over a network providing wireless telephonic services through a layered service architecture. Content se... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7096501 | System, method and computer program product for equipping wireless devices with malware scanning capabilities A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning a mobile wireless device for malware. Initially, an application service provider is initiated utilizing a mobile wireless device. Next, an anti-malware scanner installed on the mobile wireless d... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096368 | Platform abstraction layer for a wireless malware scanning engine A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning a mobile wireless device for malware. Initially, a platform abstraction layer of a mobile wireless device is called. Further, an anti-malware scanner-related function module on the mobile wirele... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089259 | System and method for providing a framework for network appliance management in a distributed computing environment A system and method for providing a framework for network appliance management in a distributed computing environment is disclosed. A status report periodically received from each of a plurality of network appliances is recorded. Each status report contains health a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080408 | Delayed-delivery quarantining of network communications having suspicious contents A system, method and computer program product are provided for network-based scanning for potentially malicious content. Incoming and/or outgoing network communications traveling over a network are monitored, preferably at a gateway. Potentially malicious content in... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7062555 | System and method for automatic selection of service provider for efficient use of bandwidth and resources in a peer-to-peer network environment A system and method for distributed function discovery with third party responses in a peer-to-peer network to facilitate efficient use of bandwidth and resources are disclosed. The method for secure automatic selection of a designated service provider in a peer-to-... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6987963 | System, method and computer program product for content/context sensitive scanning utilizing a mobile communication device A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning application program data utilizing a mobile communication device. Included is an application program installed on a mobile communication device capable of communicating via a wireless network. S... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983326 | System and method for distributed function discovery in a peer-to-peer network environment A system and method for distributed function discovery with third party responses in a peer-to-peer network to facilitate efficient use of bandwidth and resources are disclosed. The method for facilitating distributed function discovery in a peer-to-peer network gen... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6973577 | System and method for dynamically detecting computer viruses through associative behavioral analysis of runtime state A system and a method for dynamically detecting computer viruses through associative behavioral analysis of runtime state are described. A group of monitored events is defined. Each monitored event includes a set of one or more actions defined within an object. Each... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970697 | Platform-independent scanning subsystem API for use in a mobile communication framework A platform-independent system and associated method are provided for use with a mobile communication device. Included is a mobile communication device capable of communicating via a wireless network. Such mobile communication device includes an operating system inst... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6947986 | System and method for providing web-based remote security application client administration in a distributed computing environment A system and method for providing Web-based remote security application client administration in a distributed computing environment is described. A self-extracting configuration file is stored. The self-extracting configuration file contains an executable configura... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6931546 | System and method for providing application services with controlled access into privileged processes A system for providing application services in a computing environment having both user-mode processes and privileged-mode processes. An agent executes in privileged mode and exposes an interface to user-mode processes. A user-mode component is provided with an inte... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6892241 | Anti-virus policy enforcement system and method A system, method and computer program product are provided for enforcing an anti-virus policy. Initially, a status command is received at a client computer from a network device utilizing a network. In response to the status command, a status is sent to the network ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6799197 | Secure method and system for using a public network or email to administer to software on a plurality of client computers A secure method and system for administering to software on a plurality of client computers is disclosed. One or more pre-set policies for one or more client computers may be stored on and transmitted in a secure manner from a central server that is under the contro... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792543 | Virus scanning on thin client devices using programmable assembly language A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for programmable scanning for malicious content on a wireless client device. Initially, an anti-virus program having an instruction set is assembled in a programmable computing language. The anti-virus program... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6782527 | System and method for efficient distribution of application services to a plurality of computing appliances organized as subnets A method of providing a set of desired application functions to a plurality of network-coupled computing appliances. A set of code resident on a network-connected application management server is identified that when executed in a network appliance provide the desir... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6725377 | Method and system for updating anti-intrusion software A method and system for updating anti-intrusion software is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a computer program product updates anti-intrusion software on a computer network which has an anti-intrusion monitor server. The anti-intrusion monitor server recognizes... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6718469 | System and method for executing computer virus definitions containing general purpose programming language extensions A system and method for executing computer virus definitions containing general purpose programming language extensions is described. One or more virus definition records are stored in a computer virus data file. Each virus definition record includes an identifier, ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6622150 | System and method for efficiently managing computer virus definitions using a structured virus database A system and method for efficiently managing computer virus definitions using a structured virus database are described. One or more virus definition records are stored in a structured virus database. Each virus definition record includes an identifier un... | 09/16/2003 |
