Providing a notification system in a virtual private network
AssigneeOversec, UAB
InventorKazimieras Celiesius
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for providing a notification system in a virtual private network (VPN), the method comprising transmitting, to a user device, a notification indicating that data of interest requested by the user device potentially includes harmful content, the data of interest to be obtained from a host device; receiving, from the user device, a response indicating that the data of interest is to be received by the user device; receiving, based at least in part on the response, the data of interest from the host device; and transmitting the data of interest to the user device. Various other aspects are contemplated.
Claims17
A method for providing a notification system in a virtual private network (VPN), the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a VPN server to a user device prior to obtaining data of interest requested by the user device, a notification indicating that the data of interest potentially includes harmful content, the data of interest to be obtained from a host device;
- receiving, by the VPN server from the user device, a response indicating that the data of interest is to be received by the user device;
- receiving, by the VPN server based at least in part on the response, the data of interest from the host device;
- transmitting, by the VPN server, the data of interest to the user device;
- and
- enabling, by the VPN server based at least in part on receiving the response, an update to stored host device information stored in a central database, the update indicating a decrease in a likelihood that the host device includes harmful content in data provided by the host device.
A device associated with a virtual private network (VPN) server, the device comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
- transmit, to a user device prior to obtaining data of interest requested by the user device, a notification indicating that the data of interest includes harmful content, the data of interest to be obtained from a host device;
- receive, from the user device, a response indicating that the data of interest is to be received by the user device;
- receive, based at least in part on the response, the data of interest from the host device;
- transmit the data of interest to the user device;
- and
- enable, based at least in part on receiving the response, an update to stored host device information stored in a central database, the update indicating a decrease in a likelihood that the host device includes harmful content in data provided by the host device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with a virtual private network (VPN) server, cause the processor to:
- transmit, to a user device prior to obtaining data of interest requested by the user device, a notification indicating that the data of interest potentially includes harmful content, the data of interest to be obtained from a host device;
- receive, from the user device, a response indicating that the data of interest is to be received by the user device;
- receive, based at least in part on the response, the data of interest from the host device;
- transmit the data of interest to the user device;
- and
- enable, based at least in part on receiving the response, an update to stored host device information stored in a central database, the update indicating a decrease in a likelihood that the host device includes harmful content in data provided by the host device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.