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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:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Amit Shinde, Maharashtra, IN;
Jeff Graham, Olney, MD (US);
Rajesh Upadhyay, Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for data loss prevention may include: 1) indentifying an external device, 2) intercepting a write attempt to a file on the external device, 3) creating a sandbox version of the file, 4) performing the write attempt on the sandbox version of the file, and then 5) analyzing the sandbox version of the file for potential data-loss violations. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.