System for Monitoring Personal Computer Documents for Sensitive Data
First Claim
1. An apparatus for electronically securing text transmitted over a computer network, comprising:
- a communications module, wherein the communications module is coupled to the computer network, and wherein the communications module is at least configured to transmit text;
at least one application, wherein the at least one application is at least configured to allow the user to generate text;
a parsing function, wherein the parsing function analyzes transmitted text for sensitive data by scanning with a word comparator to determine if the text generated by the at least one application contains sensitive data, by notifying a user if text generated by the at least one application contains sensitive data before transmission, and by autostripping to automatically delete detected sensitive data; and
a processor, wherein the process is at least configured to operate the at least one application, and wherein the processor is at least configured to transmit text generated by the at least one application, and wherein the processor is at least configured to employ the parsing function on text generated by the at least one application.
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Abstract
An apparatus, and a computer program are provided for securing transmitted text. Once text has been produced by an application, the potential exists for an unintended third party to obtain sensitive data transmitted over computer networks. However, a parsing function can then operate either on an individual computer or on a network to scan text at an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layer 1 to assist in the prevention of sensitive data transmission. By utilizing the parsing function, text can be scanned for potentially sensitive data by using a variety of techniques, such as a learning algorithm. The sensitive data can then be verified by a user, bypassed, or autostripped.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for electronically securing text transmitted over a computer network, comprising:
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a communications module, wherein the communications module is coupled to the computer network, and wherein the communications module is at least configured to transmit text; at least one application, wherein the at least one application is at least configured to allow the user to generate text; a parsing function, wherein the parsing function analyzes transmitted text for sensitive data by scanning with a word comparator to determine if the text generated by the at least one application contains sensitive data, by notifying a user if text generated by the at least one application contains sensitive data before transmission, and by autostripping to automatically delete detected sensitive data; and a processor, wherein the process is at least configured to operate the at least one application, and wherein the processor is at least configured to transmit text generated by the at least one application, and wherein the processor is at least configured to employ the parsing function on text generated by the at least one application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for electronically securing text transmitted over a computer network, comprising:
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a communications module, wherein the communications module is coupled to the computer network, and wherein the communications module is at least configured to transmit text; a parsing function, wherein the parsing function analyzes the text for sensitive data by scanning with a word comparator to determine if the text generated by the at least one application contains sensitive data, by notifying a user if text generated by the at least one application contains sensitive data before transmission, and by autostripping to automatically delete detected sensitive data; and a processor, wherein the process is at least configured to receive the text, and wherein the processor is at least configured to employ the communications module to transmit the text, and wherein the processor is at least configured to employ the parsing function on the text. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for electronically securing text transmitted over a computer network, the computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:
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computer code for scanning text generated by a parsing function at an OSI layer to produce scanned text, wherein the OSI layer is Layer 1 or Layer 3; computer code for determining if the scanned text contains sensitive data; and computer code for verifying the scanned text by notifying a user of the presence of the sensitive data in the scanned text and autostripping to automatically delete detected sensitive data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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