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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Sree Hari Nagaralu, Pune, IN;
Prabhat Kumar Singh, Pune, IN;
Inventors:
Sree Hari Nagaralu, Pune, IN;
Prabhat Kumar Singh, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for analyzing end user license agreements and taking action based on the analysis outcome. In one embodiment, the method includes sensing initialization of an installable software program installation, extracting a EULA from the installable during installation, pausing presentation of the EULA to a user, providing a database of suspect terms, analyzing whether a suspect term exists in the EULA, and presenting at least one of the EULA or a suspect term to the user.