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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. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Paul A. Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);
Inventor:
Paul A. Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);
Assignee:
CA, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for maintaining computer security, includes providing a database of known good software, opening a file, identifying the file being opened, determining whether an entry exists in the database of known good software for the identified file and performing at least one of allowing and preventing the opening of the file from continuing based on the result of the determination.