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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Applicant:
Avast Software S.r.o., Prague, CZ;
Inventor:
Iskander Sanchez Rola, Antibes, FR;
Assignee:
Gen Digital Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/063 (2022.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/063 (2013.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01);
Abstract
An electronic tracking protection system and method enable receiving a particular electronic message, detecting in the particular electronic message a link including a particular uniform resource locator ('URL') including a parameter including a value. A uniqueness of the value is determined and the parameter is removed from the particular URL based on the uniqueness of the value to generate a modified URL. The particular URL is replaced with the modified URL in the particular electronic message based on the uniqueness of the value to generate a modified electronic message.