METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BLOCKING POTENTIALLY HARMFUL COMMUNICATIONS TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Methods and systems are provided for sharing information and improving the functioning of devices by blocking potentially harmful communications. In the methods and systems disclosed, a security component on an electronic device may receive a policy. The security component may also receive, from a l...

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Hauptverfasser:	Hering, John G, Grubb, Jonathan Pantera, Salomon, Ariel, Mahaffey, Kevin Patrick, Lineberry, Anthony McKay, Wootton, Bruce, Strazzere, Timothy, Barton, Kyle, Burgess, James David, Swami, Yogesh, Richardson, David Luke, Golombek, David, Buck, Brian James, Robinson, William, Wyatt, Timothy Micheal, Evans, Daniel Lee
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY PHYSICS TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and systems are provided for sharing information and improving the functioning of devices by blocking potentially harmful communications. In the methods and systems disclosed, a security component on an electronic device may receive a policy. The security component may also receive, from a local device proxy on the electronic device, information pertaining to a communication. The security component may compare the information pertaining to the communication to the policy. The comparison may result in a determination that the communication is potentially harmful. The security component may then instruct the local device proxy to block the communication from proceeding past the local device proxy.