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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:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Denys Lok Hang MA, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vinay Mahadik, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Swapnil Pathak, Pune, IN;
Inventors:
Denys Lok Hang Ma, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vinay Mahadik, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Swapnil Pathak, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes identifying a file format identifier associated with a beginning of a file, parsing the file based on the file format identifier until an end of the file is identified, and calculating a hash from the beginning of the file to the end of the file. The method may also include sending the hash to a reputation system and taking a policy action based on the hash's reputation received from the reputation system.