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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:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Applicant:
John E Schier, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
John E Schier, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device, system, and method for capturing email borne viruses are disclosed. In one form an input device such as a keyboard, coupled to a system includes an email function button and a identification key uniquely identifying the keyboard. The keyboard's identification key may be used with a system's email software program to authenticate the origin of initiation of an email communication.