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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:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2004
Applicants:
William E. Sobel, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Peter Szor, Northridge, CA (US);
Bruce Mccorkendale, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
William E. Sobel, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Peter Szor, Northridge, CA (US);
Bruce McCorkendale, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes generating new update name lists and providing malicious code protection update information including the new update name lists to host computer systems. In one embodiment, the new update name lists are generated by registering domain names, and only a subset of the registered domain names are used to create an update name list provided to any one of the host computer systems.