Systems and methods for encouraging renewal of security-software subscriptions
AssigneeSymantec Corporation
InventorCarey S. Nachenberg
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for encouraging the renewal of security-software subscriptions may comprise: 1) determining that a security-software subscription for a computing system has expired, 2) after determining that the security-software subscription has expired, continuing to at least periodically retrieve vendor-supplied security updates and to monitor the computing system for potential security threats, 3) detecting at least one security threat to the computing system, 4) notifying a user of the computing system of the security threat, and then 5) prompting the user to renew the security-software subscription. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for encouraging renewal of security-software subscriptions, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing system comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
- determining that a security-software subscription for security software installed on the computing system has expired;
- after determining that the security-software subscription has expired, continuing to at least periodically retrieve vendor-supplied security updates and monitor the computing system for potential security threats;
- detecting at least one security threat to the computing system;
- notifying a user of the computing system of:
- the detected security threat;
- a threat-removal-expiration count that identifies a limited number of security threats that may be removed prior to renewal of the security-software subscription;
- prompting the user to renew the security-software subscription.
A system for encouraging renewal of security-software subscriptions, the system comprising:
- a licensing module programmed to determine that a security-software subscription for security software installed on a computing system has expired;
- a security module programmed to:
- continue to at least periodically retrieve vendor-supplied security updates and monitor the computing system for potential security threats even after the security-software subscription has expired;
- detect at least one security threat to the computing system;
- a notification module programmed to:
- notify a user of the computing system of:
- the detected security threat;
- a threat-removal-expiration count that identifies a limited number of security threats that may be removed prior to renewal of the security-software subscription;
- prompt the user to renew the security-software subscription;
- at least one processor configured to execute the licensing module, the security module, and the notification module.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- determine that a security-software subscription for security software installed on the computing device has expired;
- after determining that the security-software subscription has expired, continue to at least periodically retrieve vendor-supplied security updates and monitor the computing system for potential security threats;
- detect at least one security threat to the computing system;
- notify a user of the computing system of:
- the detected security threat;
- a threat-removal-expiration count that identifies a limited number of security threats that may be removed prior to renewal of the security-software subscription;
- prompt the user to renew the security-software subscription.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.