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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Robert Walters, Southern Shores, NC (US);
Adam Schepis, Milford, MA (US);
Javier Santoyo, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Robert Walters, Southern Shores, NC (US);
Adam Schepis, Milford, MA (US);
Javier Santoyo, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A distress signal sender and a distress signal receiver receive beacon-name generation parameters and generate a beacon name based at least in part on the received parameters, the beacon name representing a network location. Responsive to detecting an unexpected lack of access to network communications, the distress signal sender sends a beacon message to the generated beacon name, the beacon message describing a security state of the client. The distress signal receiver detects the beacon message sent by the distress signal sender, and responsive to receiving the beacon message, performs a remedial action.