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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Patrick Mahaffey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Strazzere, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian James Buck, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
LOOKOUT, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/086 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/086 (2021.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Based on context received regarding a mobile communications device a server determines whether an existing network connection employed by the mobile communications device offers a level of security that is appropriate. When the server determines that the level of security is appropriate, the mobile communications device is allowed to continue using the network connection. Otherwise, the server directs the mobile communications device to terminate the network connection.