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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:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Intellectual Ventures I Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Walter Mason Stewart, Brunswick, GA (US);
Marcelo Carrera, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Robert G. Hook, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
Intellectual Ventures I LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/567 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 51/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network is protected from e-mail viruses through the use of a sacrificial server. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe Acrobat PDF and sent to the recipient. The sacrificial server is then checked for virus activity. After the execution is completed, the sacrificial server is rebooted.