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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:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2001
Mark G. Thomas, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Mark G. Thomas, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Cybersoft, Inc., Conshohocken, PA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture are claimed for processing stored and forwarded code comprising the transferring of the stored and forwarded code from a storage area to a transfer component, wherein the code is passed to a proscribed code scanner. The proscribed code seamier indicates the presence or absence of proscribed code, which may be a virus, confidential material, harassing material, etc. and provides the indication back to the transfer component, wherein the code may be quarantined or otherwise intercepted depending upon the results of the scan. The especially preferred embodiments operate within a UNIX sendmail environment.