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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. 14, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Richard Sutton, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Millard, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Sutton, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Millard, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique is disclosed for tracking a virus. The technique comprises copying information from a first packet; passing through a second packet; saving the copied information; determining whether an infection has been received, wherein the infection is associated with a network transmission, and wherein the network transmission is also associated with the first packet; and retrieving the saved information.