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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:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Matthew Murray Williamson, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Patrick Norman, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Matthew Murray Williamson, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Patrick Norman, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Requests to send data from a first host within a network of hosts are monitored against a record of destination hosts who have been sent data in accordance with a predetermined policy. Destination host identities not the record are stored in a buffer. The buffer size is monitored to establish whether requests from the first host are pursuant to viral activity therein.