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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2000
Applicants:
Walter Mason Stewart, Potomac, MD (US);
Marcelo Carrera, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Robert G. Hook, Alexandria, VA (US);
Inventors:
Walter Mason Stewart, Potomac, MD (US);
Marcelo Carrera, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Robert G. Hook, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
Infobahn, Inc., Potomac, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F011/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network is protected from e-mail viruses through the use of a sacrificial server. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe Acrobat PDF and sent to the recipient. The sacrificial server is then checked for virus activity. After the execution is completed, the sacrificial server is rebooted.