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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

James E. Brennan, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Nalini Ganapati, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/629 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for managing encrypted files within application packages may include (1) identifying an individual component within an application package that requires encryption, (2) creating an encrypted file by encrypting the individual component, (3) decomposing the encrypted file into (a) a primary encrypted file that contains an initial portion of the encrypted file that matches a critical attribute of the individual component and (b) an auxiliary encrypted file that contains the remaining portion of the encrypted file, and (4) replacing, within the application package, the individual component with the primary encrypted file and the auxiliary encrypted file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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