Method and apparatus for handling messages containing pre-selected data
AssigneeSymantec Corporation
InventorsKevin Rowney, Vitali Fridman, Eric Bothwell
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for blocking messages containing pre-selected data is described. In one embodiment, the method includes determining that a message transmitted to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data. The pre-selected data contains information from at least one random row within the tabular structure of source data. The method further includes preventing an unauthorized transmission of the pre-selected data to the recipient.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- determining that a message for transmission to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data from at least one random row within a tabular structure of source data;
- and
- preventing an unauthorized transmission of the pre-selected data to the recipient.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for determining that a message transmitted to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data, the pre-selected data being from at least one random row within a tabular structure of source data;
- and
- means for preventing an unauthorized transmission of the pre-selected data to the recipient.
A system comprising:
- a violation detector to determine that a message transmitted to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data, the pre-selected data being from at least one random row within a tabular structure of source data;
- and
- a message interceptor to intercept the message for preventing an unauthorized transmission of the pre-selected data to the recipient.
A computer readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed on a processing system cause the processing system to perform a method comprising:
- determining that a message transmitted to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data, the pre-selected data being from at least one random row within a tabular structure of source data;
- and
- preventing an unauthorized transmission of the pre-selected data to the recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.