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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:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Kevin T. Rowney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vitali Fridman, Belmont, CA (US);
Eric Bothwell, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin T. Rowney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vitali Fridman, Belmont, CA (US);
Eric Bothwell, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for blocking messages containing pre-selected data is described. In one embodiment, the method includes determining that a message transmitted to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data. The pre-selected data contains information from at least one random row within the tabular structure of source data. The method further includes preventing an unauthorized transmission of the pre-selected data to the recipient.