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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:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Applicants:
Bryson Gordon, Campbell, CA (US);
Gary Zandstra, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Kannan, Chennai, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/32 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for certifying that data sent from a computer is free from viruses identified by an anti-virus database. The method includes scanning data for viruses before it is sent from the computer and attaching a certificate identifying the data as being scanned for viruses if no viruses are found during scanning. The data is sent with the certificate from the computer to a recipient computer. A method for certifying that content available on a host site is free from viruses is also disclosed.