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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:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2014
Applicants:

Linda R. Stilwell, Hampton, NH (US);

Robert F. Hogan, Portsmouth, NH (US);

A. Christian Jackson, Hudson, NH (US);

Inventors:

Robert F. Hogan, Portsmouth, NH (US);

A. Christian Jackson, Hudson, NH (US);

Larry R. Stilwell, Fremont, NH (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1408 (2013.01); G06F 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 12/14 (2013.01); G06F 13/38 (2013.01); G06F 13/382 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0632 (2013.01); G06F 2212/402 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0797 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a software program, USB monitoring software agent. USB monitoring software agent is a software program that monitors all USB ports of a computer and provides real-time detection of all USB devices connected to a USB port. As a USB device is detected, the device is identified, categorized, cataloged and logged in a secure persistent store, prompted for a challenge policy of use if so configured, prevent the USB device from being used if so configured, transmit information about the detected USB device to a local or remote repository by a selected industry standard telecommunication method. A method of creating a digital photograph and/or a video recording to record and identify a user of the computer contemporaneous with the insertion/removal/ejection of a USB device into or out of the computer is disclosed also.


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