METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR A REACTIVE DEFENSE AGAINST ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN FILE SHARING NETWORKS

• US 20120291135A1
• Filed: 07/25/2012
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
• Original Assignee: PortAuthority Technologies, Inc. (Forcepoint LLC)
• Inventors: PELED, Ariel, Carny, Ofir, Baratz, Arik, Arbel, Oded, Troyansky, Lidror
• Granted Patent: US 9,177,120 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking

Abstract

A system for external monitoring of networked digital file sharing to track predetermined data content, the system comprising: at least one surveillance element for deployment over said network, said surveillance elements comprising: surveillance functionality for searching said digital file sharing and identification functionality associated with said search functionality for identification of said predetermined data content, therewith to determine whether a given file sharing system is distributing said predetermined data content.

Claims

1. A network external content distribution control system comprising:

network content identification functionality for identifying predetermined content distributed over a digital file sharing network, said network comprising a plurality of nodes, and

network attack functionality for applying an attack over said digital file sharing network, said attack being directable to reduce the ability of the network to distribute said identified content.

2. A system according to claim 1, at least one of said nodes being identified to have said predetermined content, and at least one of said nodes being identified as a distribution node of said network, said attack being directable at said distribution node.

3. A network external content distribution control system comprising at least one surveillance unit for exploring a network to determine at least one of a presence and a distribution pattern of predetermined content and for reporting said determination for remote analysis.

4. A network scanning element for use in a network external content distribution control system, said scanning element being operable to scan at least a portion of a network suspected of distributing predetermined content by connecting to available ports in the network portion, via said port connections to determine the presence of network nodes participating in said distribution.