Security monitoring for wireless communication devices
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsAnand J. Shah, Hans Raj Nahata
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Abstract
A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a request from a user equipment (UE) device to resolve a Domain Name System (DNS) query for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and determine that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL. The processor may be further configured to select to not resolve the DNS query in response to determining that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL and send an indication to the UE device that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer device, a request from a user equipment (UE) device to resolve a Domain Name System (DNS) query for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
- determining, by the computer device, that the UE device has selected an advertisement blocking setting;
- determining, by the computer device, that the URL is associated with an advertisement;
- and
- selecting, by the computer device, to not resolve the DNS query in response to determining that the URL is associated with the advertisement and that the UE device has selected the advertisement blocking setting.
A device comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- receive a request from a user equipment (UE) device to resolve a Domain Name System (DNS) query for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
- determine that the UE device has selected an advertisement blocking setting;
- determine that the URL is associated with an advertisement;
- and
- select to not resolve the DNS query in response to determining that the URL is associated with an advertisement and that the UE device has selected the advertisement blocking setting.
A device comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- provide an advertisement blocking setting, associated with the device, to a Domain Name System (DNS) managed by a provider that manages the device or that provides wireless communication service to the device;
- intercept a request to resolve a DNS query for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
- send the DNS query request to a DNS server;
- and
- receive, from the DNS server, an indication that the DNS query has not been resolved based on the provided advertisement blocking setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.