Mobile risk assessment
First Claim
1. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
- receive a query from an endpoint device identifying a wireless access point, wherein the query identifies a name of the wireless access point and further identifies location information of the endpoint device, and the location information includes geo-positional data indicating a location of at least one of the endpoint device and the wireless access point;
determine whether risk assessment data exists for the wireless access point based at least in part on a determination whether the name and the location information correspond to one or more known wireless access points;
generate query result data based at least in part on the risk assessment data and the location identified in the geo-positional data;
send the query result data to the endpoint device identifying a risk profile associated with the wireless access point, wherein the query result data comprises a request for the endpoint device to participate in a risk assessment of the wireless access point, and the query result data indicates a risk score of the wireless access point; and
direct at least a portion of the participation of the endpoint device in the risk assessment.
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Abstract
A query is received from a particular endpoint device identifying a particular wireless access point encountered by the particular endpoint device. Pre-existing risk assessment data is identified for the identified particular wireless access point and query result data is sent to the particular endpoint device characterizing pre-assessed risk associated with the particular wireless access point. In some instances, the query result data is generated based on the pre-existing risk assessment data. In some instances, pre-existing risk assessment data can be the result of an earlier risk assessment carried-out at least in part by an endpoint device interfacing with and testing the particular wireless access point.
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21 Claims
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1. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
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receive a query from an endpoint device identifying a wireless access point, wherein the query identifies a name of the wireless access point and further identifies location information of the endpoint device, and the location information includes geo-positional data indicating a location of at least one of the endpoint device and the wireless access point; determine whether risk assessment data exists for the wireless access point based at least in part on a determination whether the name and the location information correspond to one or more known wireless access points; generate query result data based at least in part on the risk assessment data and the location identified in the geo-positional data; send the query result data to the endpoint device identifying a risk profile associated with the wireless access point, wherein the query result data comprises a request for the endpoint device to participate in a risk assessment of the wireless access point, and the query result data indicates a risk score of the wireless access point; and direct at least a portion of the participation of the endpoint device in the risk assessment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving a query from an endpoint device identifying a wireless access point, wherein the query identifies a name of the wireless access point and further identifies location information of the endpoint device, and the location information includes geo-positional data indicating a location of at least one of the endpoint device and the wireless access point; determining whether risk assessment data exists for the wireless access point based at least in part on a determination whether the name and the location information correspond to one or more known wireless access points; generating query result data based at least in part on the risk assessment data and the location identified in the geo-positional data; sending the query result data to the endpoint device identifying a risk status associated with the wireless access point, wherein the query result data comprises a request for the endpoint device to participate in a risk assessment of the wireless access point, and the query result data indicates a risk score of the wireless access point; and directing at least a portion of the participation of the endpoint device in the risk assessment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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at least one processor device; at least one memory element; and a wireless access point risk assessor, adapted, when executed by the at least one processor device, to receive a query from an endpoint device identifying a wireless access point, wherein the query identifies a name of the wireless access point and further identifies location information of the endpoint device, and the location information includes geo-positional data indicating a location of at least one of the endpoint device and the wireless access point; determine whether risk assessment data exists for the wireless access point based at least in part on a determination whether the name and the location information correspond to one or more known wireless access points; generate query result data based at least in part on the risk assessment data and the location identified in the geo-positional data; send the query result data to the endpoint device identifying a risk status associated with the wireless access point, wherein the query result data comprises a request for the endpoint device to participate in a risk assessment of the wireless access point, and the query result data indicates a risk score of the wireless access point; and direct at least a portion of the participation of the endpoint device in the risk assessment.
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