Intel Corporation

David A Chouinard

John Whitley Richardson

Karen Chouinard, Legal Representative

David B Andersen

James W Edwards

Dale W Boss

Dan D Kogan

Kevin Hazzard

The flow of information to or from an application on a host machine is regulated by a trusted agent operating in conjunction with at least one security element, such as a firewall or a policy server. When a communication to or from the application is detected by the trusted agent, the trusted agent gathers information about the attempted communication, and formulates and sends a message based upon the gathered information to at least one security element. The security element makes a decision to permit or block at least part of the attempted communication based upon the message received from the trusted agent.

System and method for regulating communications to or from an application

System and method for regulating the flow of information to or from an application

A method and apparatus for supporting on-demand connectivity for network applications is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a method and apparatus for remotely triggering a connection from a first device to a network. Additionally, a method and apparatus for coordinating application connections is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of establishing application connections on-demand and managing the application connections.

Method and apparatus for supporting on-demand connectivity for network applications

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David A Chouinard