SERVICES USING GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SECURE CONTENT MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method for profiling Internet users, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a value added service using a cloud-based distributed infrastructure including a plurality of POPs, each POP including a forward proxy through which users access and interact with resources available on the Internet;
monitoring user activity with the resources to generate a user profile; and
providing profile-specific content, processes, or experiences to the user responsively at least in part to the user profile to facilitate an enhanced user experience.
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Abstract
Secure content management is enabled as a cloud-based service through which security protection and policy enforcement may be implemented for both on-premise network users and roaming users. The global SCM service integrates the security functionalities—such as anti-virus, spyware, and phishing protection, firewall, intrusion detection, centralized management, and the like—that are typically provided by enterprise network SCM appliance hardware or servers into a cloud-based service that users reach via Internet-based points-of-presence (“POPs”). The POPs are configured with forward proxy servers, and in some implementations, caching and network acceleration components, and coupled to hubs which provide configuration management and identity management services such as active directory services.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for profiling Internet users, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a value added service using a cloud-based distributed infrastructure including a plurality of POPs, each POP including a forward proxy through which users access and interact with resources available on the Internet; monitoring user activity with the resources to generate a user profile; and providing profile-specific content, processes, or experiences to the user responsively at least in part to the user profile to facilitate an enhanced user experience. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing an SCM service for remote IT devices, the method comprising the steps of:
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utilizing an infrastructure that is accessible by a user over an Internet connection, the infrastructure including a plurality of POPs, each POP in the plurality including at least a forward proxy server for forwarding traffic from the IT devices to one or more resource servers that are accessible on the Internet, the infrastructure further including a hub operatively coupled to one or more POPs, the hub providing configuration management for forward proxy servers disposed in the hub, and further providing identity management to authenticate and authorize a user of the remote IT device for the SCM service; redirecting the user to a co-located POP, a POP being co-located when a set of parameters is optimized including network latency compared with non-co-located POPs and localization of a user experience may be implemented; and rendering a user interface from the co-located POP so that the user may interact with content provided by the one or more resource servers. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing a secure search service, the method comprising the steps of:
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utilizing an infrastructure that is accessible by a user over an Internet connection, the infrastructure including a plurality of POPs, each POP in the plurality including at least a forward proxy server for forwarding a search query from the user to one or more servers; monitoring clicks performed by the user when interacting with content hosted by the one or more servers to generate a user profile; and returning results to the search query based at least in part on the user profile so that the results are tailored to the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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