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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:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Alex J. Hinchliffe, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Andrew Kemp, Oxford, GB;
Bobby Rai, Northants, GB;
Fraser P. Howard, Oxon, GB;
Inventors:
Alex J. Hinchliffe, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Andrew Kemp, Oxford, GB;
Bobby Rai, Northants, GB;
Fraser P. Howard, Oxon, GB;
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A peer-to-peer network is monitored for suspicious activity based on patterns of activity. When a particular pattern of suspicious activity is detected, an action associated with the particular pattern is taken. The activity monitored may include network traffic among peers and data sharing on a peer in the network. The action may be to log information about the suspicious activity and/or to send an alert about the suspicious activity.