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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:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Anne L. Bolgert, Austin, TX (US);

Richard J. Cohen, Austin, TX (US);

Miguel Sang, Austin, TX (US);

Krishna K. Yellepeddy, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for identifying and remediating malware-compromised mobile devices are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes accessing, by a computing device, malware risk data; determining, by the computing device, a mobile device is at risk from malware based on the malware risk data; identifying, by the computing device, a set of connections of a user of the mobile device, wherein each connection in the set of connections is associated with a user computer device; identifying, by the computing device, at least one user computer device from the set of connections at risk from the malware; and outputting, by the computer device, a malware notification for the mobile device at risk and at least one user computer device at risk.


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