IN-LINE FILTERING OF INSECURE OR UNWANTED MOBILE DEVICE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS OR COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A system for in-line filtering of applications for mobile devices, comprising:
- a hardware processor of an inline filtering device configured to;
intercept a request for downloading an application to a mobile device;
quarantine the application at the inline filtering device until receipt of an acknowledgement of potential threats associated with the application are presented in a display on the mobile device, wherein the application is blocked from completing a transfer to the mobile device while it is quarantined at the inline filtering device; and
modify a response to the request for downloading the application to the mobile device using the hardware processor; and
a memory coupled to the hardware processor and configured to provide the hardware processor with instructions.
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Abstract
Techniques for in-line filtering of insecure or unwanted mobile components or communications (e.g., insecure or unwanted behaviors associated with applications for mobile devices (“apps”), updates for apps, communications to/from apps, operating system components/updates for mobile devices, etc.) for mobile devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, in-line filtering of apps for mobile devices includes intercepting a request for downloading an application to a mobile device; and modifying a response to the request for downloading the application to the mobile device. In some embodiments, the response includes a notification that the application cannot be downloaded due to an application risk policy violation.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for in-line filtering of applications for mobile devices, comprising:
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a hardware processor of an inline filtering device configured to; intercept a request for downloading an application to a mobile device; quarantine the application at the inline filtering device until receipt of an acknowledgement of potential threats associated with the application are presented in a display on the mobile device, wherein the application is blocked from completing a transfer to the mobile device while it is quarantined at the inline filtering device; and modify a response to the request for downloading the application to the mobile device using the hardware processor; and a memory coupled to the hardware processor and configured to provide the hardware processor with instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 21, 22, 23)
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6. A system for in-line filtering of applications for mobile devices, comprising:
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a hardware processor of an inline filtering device configured to; perform in-line filtering using the hardware processor of traffic from a mobile device to the Internet; identify an application request from the in-line filtering of traffic from the mobile device to the Internet, wherein the application request includes a request to download an application to the mobile device; quarantine the application at the inline filtering device until receipt of an acknowledgement of potential threats associated with the application are presented in a display on the mobile device, wherein the application is blocked from completing a transfer to the mobile device while it is quarantined at the inline filtering device; and modify a response to the application request that is communicated to the mobile device using the hardware processor; and a memory coupled to the hardware processor and configured to provide the hardware processor with instructions. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of in-line filtering of applications for mobile devices, comprising:
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performing in-line filtering using a hardware processor of an inline filtering device of traffic from a mobile device to the Internet; identifying an application request from the in-line filtering of traffic from the mobile device to the Internet, wherein the application request includes a request to download an application to the mobile device; quarantining the application at the inline filtering device until receipt of an acknowledgement of potential threats associated with the application are presented in a display on the mobile device, wherein the application is blocked from completing a transfer to the mobile device while it is quarantined at the inline filtering device; and modifying a response to the application request that is communicated to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for in-line filtering of insecure or unwanted mobile device communications for mobile devices, comprising:
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a hardware processor of an inline filtering device configured to; intercept a communication from a mobile device at an in-line filtering device; and determine whether the communication from the mobile device includes an insecure or unwanted mobile device communication using the hardware processor; throttle the communicate at the inline filtering device until receipt of an acknowledgement of potential threats associated with the communication are presented in a display on the mobile device, wherein the communication is blocked from completing a transfer of a response to the communication to the mobile device while it is throttled at the inline filtering device; and a memory coupled to the hardware processor and configured to provide the hardware processor with instructions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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