US 12,756,743 B2Granted

Electronic device with group action sharing of security filtering for third-party content

AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC

InventorsAmit Kumar Agrawal, Krishnan Raghavan

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Abstract

An electronic device, method and computer program product mitigate risks of presenting content that may include links to malware or phishing queries at secondary device(s) by learning from security-related user actions taken at trusted primary device(s). In response to receiving, via user interface component(s), a user input designating third-party content as violating a security policy at an electronic device assigned group level authorization to make security decisions for security policy sharing group of electronic devices, the controller updates a security policy module of the electronic device. The controller configures the electronic device to implement the updated security policy of the third-party content. The controller transmits a security policy update to each second device within the security policy sharing group to trigger an update of the respective security policy module to recognize and locally implement security measures against similar third-party content that is subsequently received.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

at least one user interface component configured to receive user inputs via one or more input device and to present content via one or more output device;
a communications subsystem that communicatively couples the electronic device to at least one third-party content provider via a network and that links the electronic device to one or more second electronic devices designated as part of a security policy sharing group, each device having a respective security policy module;
a memory comprising a security policy module that manages filtering of third-party content, in part based on received user-inputs that indicate when received third-party content violates a security policy of the electronic device or one or more of the second electronic devices;
and
a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one user interface component, the communications subsystem, and the memory, and which executes code of the security policy module, which configures the electronic device to:
in response to receiving, via the at least one user interface component, a user input designating a first third-party content as violating a security policy:
identify whether the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization to make security decisions for the security policy sharing group of electronic devices comprising the electronic device and the one or more second electronic devices;
and
in response to determining that the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization to make security decisions for the security policy sharing group of electronic devices:
update the security policy module of the electronic device;
configure the electronic device to implement the updated security policy of the first third-party content;
and
transmit a security policy update to each of the one or more second devices within the security policy sharing group to trigger an update of the respective security policy module of each of the one or more second devices to cause the one or more second devices to recognize and locally implement security measures against similar third-party content that is subsequently received at a respective one of the one or more second devices, wherein the security policy update is transmitted only if the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization or is designated as a trusted device within the security policy sharing group.

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A method comprising:

communicatively coupling, via a communications subsystem, an electronic device to at least one third-party content provider via a network;
linking the electronic device to one or more second electronic devices designated as part of a security policy sharing group, each device having a respective security policy module that manages filtering of third-party content, in part based on received user-inputs that indicate when received third-party content violates a security policy of the electronic device or one or more of the second electronic devices;
receiving user inputs via one or more input device of at least one user interface component;
presenting content via one or more output device of the at least one user interface component;
and
in response to receiving, via the at least one user interface component, a user input designating a first third-party content as violating a security policy:
identifying whether the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization to make security decisions for security policy sharing group of electronic devices comprising the electronic device and the one or more second electronic devices;
and
in response to determining that the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization to make security decisions for the security policy sharing group of electronic devices:
updating the security policy module of the electronic device;
configuring the electronic device to implement the updated security policy of the first third-party content;
and
transmitting a security policy update to each of the one or more second devices within the security policy sharing group to trigger an update of the respective security policy module of each of the one or more second devices to cause the one or more second device to recognize and locally implement security measures against similar third-party content that is subsequently received at a respective one of the one or more second devices, wherein the security policy update is transmitted only if the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization or is designated as a trusted device within the security policy sharing group.

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A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage device;
and
program code on the computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor associated with an electronic device, the program code enables the electronic device to provide functionality of:
communicatively coupling, via a communications subsystem, the electronic device to at least one third-party content provider via a network;
linking the electronic device to one or more second electronic devices designated as part of a security policy sharing group, each device having a respective security policy module that manages filtering of third-party content, in part based on received user-inputs that indicate when received third-party content violates a security policy of the electronic device or one or more of the second electronic devices;
receiving user inputs via one or more input device of at least one user interface component;
presenting content via one or more output device of the at least one user interface component;
and
in response to receiving, via the at least one user interface component, a user input designating a first third-party content as violating a security policy:
identifying whether the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization to make security decisions for security policy sharing group of electronic devices;
and
in response to determining that the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization:
updating the security policy module of the electronic device;
configuring the electronic device to implement the updated security policy of the first third-party content;
and
transmitting a security policy update to each of the one or more second devices within the security policy sharing group to trigger an update of the respective security policy module to recognize and locally implement security measures against similar third-party content that is subsequently received at a respective one of the one or more second devices, wherein the security policy update is transmitted only if the electronic device has been assigned group level authorization or is designated as a trusted device within the security policy sharing group.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.