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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. 13, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2013
Applicants:

Jayakrishnan K. Nair, Bangalore, IN;

Simon Hunt, Naples, FL (US);

Prasanna Venkateswaran, Chennai, IN;

Venkata Ramanan, Thanjur DIST, IN;

Inventors:

Jayakrishnan K. Nair, Bangalore, IN;

Simon Hunt, Naples, FL (US);

Prasanna Venkateswaran, Chennai, IN;

Venkata Ramanan, Thanjur DIST, IN;

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/164 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technologies for providing electronic security to a first network are disclosed. The system may include a user equipment, a gateway device configured to mediate communication between a first network and a second network for the user equipment, and an electronic security device communicatively coupled to the gateway device. The electronic security device may include a gateway interface module configured to assume an identity associated with the gateway device, a network interface module configured to present the identity to the second network, and a traffic inspection module configured to monitor traffic without substantially affecting a topology of the first network, wherein the electronic security device is configured to identify undesirable traffic; and implement a security policy.


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