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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2006
Applicant:

Shuosen Robert Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Shuosen Robert Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Trend Micro Incorporated, Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for improving the system response time when URL filtering is employed to provide security for web access. The method involves gathering the attributes of the user, and pre-populating a local URL-rating cache with URLs and corresponding ratings associated with analogous attributes from a URL cache database. Thus, the cache hit rate is higher with a pre-populated local URL rating cache, and the system response time is also improved.


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