The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:

F-secure Corporation, Helsinki, FI;

Inventors:

Christine Bejerasco, Helsinki, FI;

Karmina Aquino, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:

F-Secure Corporation, Helsinki, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2119 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising: maintaining a local database of trusted uniform resource locators (URL) where an URL is qualified to said database based on fulfilling predetermined criteria; detecting a request to access a uniform resource locator (URL); obtaining reputation data for the URL from a reputation server or from a local reputation scanner; comparing the obtained reputation data of the requested URL with the reputation data of the requested URL that is stored in the local database of trusted URLs if any; if there is a conflict between the reputation data obtained and the reputation data stored in the local database of trusted URLs, using the reputation data stored in the local database of trusted URLs to determine whether access to the URL is allowed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…