Virus pattern update for mobile device
First Claim
1. A method of updating a virus pattern in a handheld, wireless device, said method comprising:
- receiving a new virus pattern that is arranged to aid in the detection of malware on said wireless device;
sending said new virus pattern and a telephone number of said wireless device to a Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC);
relaying said new virus pattern from said MMSC to said wireless device, said new virus pattern being attached to an MMS message as an attachment;
adding a unique identifier to said MMS message at said MMSC;
receiving said MMS message and said new virus pattern at said wireless device;
verifying said unique identifier at said wireless device, whereby said wireless device determines that said MMS message incorporates said new virus pattern;
extracting said attachment from said MMS message at said wireless device to obtain said new virus pattern; and
replacing an old virus pattern of said wireless device with said new virus pattern, whereby antivirus software on said wireless device is updated.
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Abstract
An updated virus pattern file is developed at an update server. A mobile management center (MMC) has a list of mobile telephone numbers and receives the new virus pattern from the update server. A Multimedia Message Service Center receives the new virus pattern and the list of mobile telephone numbers from the MMC and sends an MMS message to each of the wireless devices, including the new virus pattern as an attachment. Each wireless device replaces the old virus pattern with the new virus pattern. A unique identifier (a cryptographic signature or magic number) is added to each MMS message to enable the wireless device to recognize a new virus pattern. The pattern version and the pattern itself are merged into a single file. The file is also encrypted at the MMC and decrypted at the wireless device.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of updating a virus pattern in a handheld, wireless device, said method comprising:
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receiving a new virus pattern that is arranged to aid in the detection of malware on said wireless device; sending said new virus pattern and a telephone number of said wireless device to a Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC); relaying said new virus pattern from said MMSC to said wireless device, said new virus pattern being attached to an MMS message as an attachment; adding a unique identifier to said MMS message at said MMSC; receiving said MMS message and said new virus pattern at said wireless device; verifying said unique identifier at said wireless device, whereby said wireless device determines that said MMS message incorporates said new virus pattern; extracting said attachment from said MMS message at said wireless device to obtain said new virus pattern; and replacing an old virus pattern of said wireless device with said new virus pattern, whereby antivirus software on said wireless device is updated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of updating a virus pattern in a handheld, wireless device, said method comprising:
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installing an old virus pattern in said wireless device, said old virus pattern arranged to aid in the detection of malware on said wireless device; receiving an MMS message over a wireless network; determining a unique identifier of said MMS message; verifying that said unique identifier indicates that said MMS message includes a new virus pattern, said new virus pattern included as an attachment; extracting said attachment from said MMS message to obtain said new virus pattern; and replacing said old virus pattern with said new virus pattern. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for updating a virus pattern in handheld, wireless devices, said system comprising:
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an update server that includes a new virus pattern, said new virus pattern arranged to aid in the detection of malware on said wireless devices; a mobile management center (MMC) that includes a list of mobile telephone numbers, each of said mobile telephone numbers identifying one of said wireless devices, said MMC being arranged to receive said new virus pattern from said update server, wherein said MMC is further arranged to add a unique identifier to said new virus pattern before said new virus pattern is sent to said MMSC; a Multimedia Message Service Center arranged to send MMS messages to said wireless devices, said MMSC being further arranged to receive said new virus pattern and said list of mobile telephone numbers from said MMC, and wherein said MMSC is further arranged to attach said new virus pattern to each of said MMS messages as an attachment; and at least one of said wireless devices, said wireless device including an old virus pattern and being arranged to receive one of said MMS messages from said MMSC that incorporates said new virus pattern, said at least one wireless device being further arranged to extract said new virus pattern from said one MMS message and to verify said unique identifier of said new virus pattern, and being further arranged to replace said old virus pattern with said new virus pattern. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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