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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:
Aug. 21, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Roundy, El Segundo, CA (US);

Sandeep Bhatkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Christopher Gates, Culver City, CA (US);

Anand Kashyap, Los Altos, CA (US);

Yin Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Aleatha Parker-Wood, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Leylya Yumer, Antibes, FR;

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/562 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining the trustworthiness of files within organizations may include (1) identifying a file on a computing device within multiple computing devices managed by an organization, (2) in response to identifying the file, identifying at least one additional computing device within the multiple computing devices that is potentially associated with the file, (3) distributing at least a portion of the file to a user of the additional computing device with a request to receive an indication of the trustworthiness of the file, and then (4) receiving, from the additional computing device, a response that indicates the trustworthiness of the file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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