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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:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 15/16 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/606 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 63/108 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 2212/502 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for enforcing compliance with a policy on a client computer in communication with a network is disclosed. The method involves receiving a data transmission from the client computer on the network. The data transmission includes status information associated with the client computer. The data transmission is permitted to continue when the status information meets a criterion.