Internet security updates via mobile phone videos

• US 8,755,826 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Amoroso, Edward, Gibbon, David, Jana, Rittwik, Laing, Barbara, Liu, Huajie, Rubin, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ansari, Najeebuddin
• Application Number:
  US13/090,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20110195729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,155 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/223, 709/206, 709/219, 709/224, 709/23, 709/310, 455/466
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/145 the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms

Abstract

Information relevant to internet security is received at a data center server. Such information, for example, a network intrusion alert or details on a recent outbreak of an network virus, may be examined to determine the nature and scope of the security-related information. A security alert is promptly generated in response to the information, using previously stored multimedia content divided into categories of security alerts and/or multimedia content generated at the data center shortly after receiving the security information. The security alert is then disseminated to a plurality of mobile device users. The alerts may be disseminated only to the users associated with a certain security event category, or may be sent to different groups of users depending on other relevant criteria.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a database including a plurality of prerecorded multimedia messages, wherein each prerecorded multimedia message of the plurality of prerecorded multimedia messages corresponds to a security alert category of a plurality of security alert categories; and

a security message delivery device that performs operations comprising

receiving security data, the security data including a video stream and an audio stream,

in response to receiving the security data, examining the security data to determine that the security data belongs to a virus security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories,

matching the security data to a prerecorded multimedia message of the plurality of prerecorded multimedia messages included in the database, wherein the prerecorded multimedia message includes video and audio, and wherein the prerecorded multimedia message corresponds to the security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories to which the security data is determined to belong,

integrating at least a portion of the video stream of the security data into the video of the prerecorded multimedia message,

integrating at least a portion of the audio stream of the security data into the audio of the prerecorded multimedia message,

customizing the prerecorded multimedia message by supplementing the prerecorded multimedia message with additional content describing the security data, the additional content including a severity level and a scope of affected systems,

associating the security data with a mobile device in communication with the security message delivery device, and

delivering the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device.

2. The system in claim 1, wherein the security message delivery device delivers the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device and a plurality of other mobile devices asynchronously.

3. The system in claim 1, wherein the security message delivery device delivers the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device in accordance with a multimedia messaging system network protocol.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the additional content is associated with a virus, wherein the severity level is a severity level of the virus, and the scope of affected systems identifies systems that have been affected by the virus.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the video and the audio included in the prerecorded multimedia message each contain standard virus protection and response information that is the same for each new instance of any virus, and wherein the video stream and the audio stream each contain information that is specific to the virus.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of security alert categories comprises a network intrusion category.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the additional content is associated with a virus, wherein the severity level is a severity level of the virus, and the scope of affected systems identifies systems that have been affected by the virus.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the video and the audio included in the prerecorded multimedia message each contain standard virus protection and response information that is the same for each new instance of any virus, and wherein the video stream and the audio stream each contain information that is specific to the virus.

7. A system comprising:

a security message delivery device which performs operations comprising

receiving security data, the security data including a video stream and an audio stream,

in response to receiving the security data, examining, the security data to determine to which security alert category of a plurality of security alert categories the security data belongs, the security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories comprising a virus category,

matching the security data to a prerecorded multimedia message in a database, the database including a plurality of prerecorded multimedia messages, wherein each prerecorded multimedia message of the plurality of prerecorded multimedia messages corresponds to a security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories, wherein the prerecorded multimedia message includes video and audio, and wherein the prerecorded multimedia message corresponds to the security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories to which the security data is determined to belong,

integrating at least a portion of the video stream of the security data into the video of the prerecorded multimedia message,

integrating at least a portion of the audio stream of the security data into the audio of the prerecorded multimedia message,

customizing the prerecorded multimedia message by supplementing the prerecorded multimedia message with additional content describing the security data, the additional content including a severity level and a scope of affected systems,

associating the security data with a mobile device in communication with the security message delivery device, and

delivering the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device.

8. The system in claim 7, wherein the security message delivery device delivers the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device and a plurality of other mobile devices asynchronously.

9. The system in claim 7, wherein the security message delivery device delivers the at least one matching prerecorded multimedia message to each associated mobile device in accordance with a multimedia messaging system network protocol.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, at a security message delivery device, security data, the security data including a video stream and an audio stream;

in response to receiving the security data, examining the security data to determine that the security data belongs to a virus security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories;

matching, by the security message delivery device, the security data to a prerecorded multimedia message in a database, the database including a plurality of prerecorded multimedia messages, wherein each prerecorded multimedia message of the plurality of prerecorded multimedia messages corresponds to a security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories, wherein the prerecorded multimedia message includes video and audio, and wherein the prerecorded multimedia message corresponds to the security alert category of the plurality of security alert categories to which the security data is determined to belong;

integrating, by the security message delivery device, at least a portion of the video stream of the security data into the video of the prerecorded multimedia message;

integrating, by the security message delivery device, at least a portion of the audio stream of the security data into the audio of the prerecorded multimedia message;

customizing, by the security message delivery device, the prerecorded multimedia message by supplementing the prerecorded multimedia message with additional content describing the security data, the additional content including a severity level and a scope of affected systems;

associating, by the security message delivery device, the security data with a mobile device in communication with the security message delivery device; and

delivering, by the security message delivery device, the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device.

13. The method in claim 12, further comprising receiving an acknowledgement from the mobile device, the acknowledgment indicating successful delivery of the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device.

14. The method in claim 12, wherein delivering the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device comprises delivering the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device and a plurality of other mobile devices asynchronously.

15. The method in claim 12, wherein delivering the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device comprises delivering the prerecorded multimedia message to the mobile device in accordance with a multimedia message system network protocol.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the additional content is associated with a virus, wherein the severity level is a severity level of the virus, and the scope of affected systems identifies systems that have been affected by the virus.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the video and the audio included in the prerecorded multimedia message each contain standard virus protection and response information that is the same for each new instance of any virus, and wherein the video stream and the audio stream each contain information that is specific to the virus.