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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 06, 2003
Kevin T. Rowney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael R. Wolfe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mythili Gopalakrishnan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vitali Fridman, Belmont, CA (US);
Kevin T. Rowney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael R. Wolfe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mythili Gopalakrishnan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vitali Fridman, Belmont, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting preselected data embedded in information content is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving information content and detecting in the information content a sequence of content fragments that may contain a portion of preselected data. The method further comprises determining whether a sub-set of these content fragments matches any sub-set of the preselected data using an abstract data structure that defines a tabular structure of the preselected data.