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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:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2000
Applicants:
Todd Bartleson, Portland, OR (US);
Brandt Haagensen, Portland, OR (US);
Brian R. Cox, Aloha, OR (US);
Inventors:
Todd Bartleson, Portland, OR (US);
Brandt Haagensen, Portland, OR (US);
Brian R. Cox, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Networks Associates Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting possible harmful actions on a handheld computer before they are executed. The method includes monitoring calls to applications resident on the handheld computer and identifying a code associated with a program initiating the call. The action requested by the call is at least temporarily prevented from being performed if the identified code does not correspond to a code associated with data the action is to be performed upon.