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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2016
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jun Mao, Torrance, CA (US);

Jingnan Si, Culver City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/556 (2013.01); H04L 12/1435 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for detecting application leaks is described. In one embodiment, the method may include the method may include identifying a first application as a known application, assigning a first identifier to the first application, appending the first identifier to data generated by the first application, identifying a second application as an unknown application, assigning a second identifier to the second application, identifying a data usage by the second application, appending the second identifier to data associated with the data usage by the second application, and determining whether the data usage by the second application is associated with the data generated by the first application based at least in part on the first identifier and the second identifier. In some cases, the data usage includes at least one of generating data, modifying data, and transmitting data.


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