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Patent No.:

US 7401359 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2001
Applicants:

Paul Nicholas Gartside, Milton Keynes, GB;

Neil Andrew Cowie, Aylesbury, GB;

Inventors:

Paul Nicholas Gartside, Milton Keynes, GB;

Neil Andrew Cowie, Aylesbury, GB;

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Malware definition data for mobile computing devicesis generated from master malware definition databy selecting those classes of malware threat to which the mobile computing device is vulnerable and then selecting the matching malware items from within the master malware definition data. A PCto which the mobile computing device may be connected is responsible for downloading an updated version of the master malware definition data for its own use and generates appropriate mobile computing device malware definition data for transfer to the mobile computing device when it is connected to the PC. The scanner programs of both the PC and the mobile computing device may be similarly updated.


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Gartside, Paul. (2008). Generating malware definition data for mobile computing devices (U.S. Patent No. 7401359). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7401359

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