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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Patrick Mahaffey, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Gunther Hering, San Francisco, CA (US);
James David Burgess, Alameda, CA (US);
Jonathan Pantera Grubb, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David Golombek, Washington, DC (US);
David Luke Richardson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anthony McKay Lineberry, Oakland, CA (US);
Timothy Micheal Wyatt, Toronto, CA;
LOOKOUT, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for sharing information and improving the functioning of devices by blocking the installation of an application based on an assessment. In the methods and systems disclosed, a server may receive data pertaining to an application from the mobile communications device. The server may process the data from the mobile communications device to determine an assessment of the application, where the assessment is based on an analysis using information shared by sources other than the mobile communications device. The server may then provide the assessment to the mobile communications device.