Portable media system with virus blocker and method of operation thereof

• US 9,015,840 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2010
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ClevX LLC
• Original Assignee: ClevX LLC
• Inventors: Johnson, Simon B., Bolotin, Lev M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Davis, Zachary A
• Application Number:
  US12/796,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20100313271A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,778 Days
• Field of Search: 726 22- 25, 713/2, 713/188, 711/163, 711/115
• US Class Current: 726/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/56 Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/79 in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories

Abstract

A portable media system with a host computer system and method of operation thereof includes: accessing a public partition of the portable media system for a virus blocker for activation on the host computer system, the portable media system having a private partition for storing a file; sending a command from the virus blocker on the host computer system to open the private partition in the portable media system when the virus blocker is downloaded on the host computer system; blocking transfer of a virus between the host computer system and the portable media system with the virus blocker executing on the host computer system; and sending a command from the virus blocker on the host computer system to close the private partition when the virus blocker terminates activity on the host computer system.

Claims

1. A method of operation of a portable media system with a host computer system, the method comprising:

accessing a public partition of the portable media system for a virus blocker for activation on the host computer system, the portable media system having a private partition for storing a file;

sending a command from the virus blocker on the host computer system to open the private partition in the portable media system when the virus blocker is downloaded on the host computer system;

blocking transfer of a virus between the host computer system and the portable media system with the virus blocker executing on the host computer system; and

sending a command from the virus blocker on the host computer system to close the private partition when the virus blocker terminates activity on the host computer system.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising scanning the portable media system with a virus blocker when the portable media system is accessed.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising activating the virus blocker and constructing metadata in the host computer system for comparison with metadata in the portable media system for tracking portable media system changes.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising connecting the portable media system to the host computer system and preventing access to the private partition until the virus blocker is activated.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising activating the virus blocker to automatically process a file infected with the virus including deleting the file infected with the virus, quarantining the file infected with virus, querying a user action for the file infected with the virus, or a combination thereof.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising monitoring the portable media system with the virus blocker executing on the host computer system, wherein the monitoring includes monitoring for a file modifications in real time for new or modified files and scanning only the new or modified files for a virus.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising activating the virus blocker on the host computer system includes updating the virus blocker by the host computer system.

8. A method of operation of a portable media system with a host computer system, the method comprising:

accessing a public partition of the portable media system for a virus blocker for activation on the host computer system, the portable media system having a private partition for storing a file;

connecting the portable media system to the host computer system to download the virus blocker execution file to the host computer system;

sending a command from the host computer system to the portable media system to open the private partition when the virus blocker execution file is downloaded to the host computer system;

executing the virus blocker execution file to provide access to the private partition and to block a file containing a computer virus from being transferred between the host computer system and the private partition; and

sending a command from the host computer system to the portable media system to close the private partition when the virus blocker execution file terminates execution.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

scanning the portable media system by the virus blocker execution file when the private partition is accessed;

waiting for another access of the private partition when no virus containing file is detected by the virus blocker execution file; and

processing the file containing the computer virus when the virus is detected, wherein processing includes deleting the file containing the computer virus, quarantining the file containing the computer virus, querying a user action for the file containing the computer virus, or a combination thereof.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 further comprising activating the virus blocker execution file and constructing metadata in the host computer system for comparison with metadata in the portable media system for tracking portable media system file changes, interoperability history, and a combination thereof.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising preventing access to the file in the private partition until the virus blocker execution file is activated and the virus blocker execution file is in operation in the background of the host computer system.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising activating the virus blocker execution file on the host computer system to automatically process the file containing the computer virus including deleting the file containing the computer virus quarantining the file containing the computer virus, querying a user action for the file containing the computer virus, or a combination thereof.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising monitoring the portable media system with the virus blocker execution file executing on the host computer system, wherein the monitoring includes monitoring for a file modification in real time for new or modified files and scanning only the new or modified files for a computer virus, and wherein the host computer system has a user interface to the virus blocker execution file for controlling, monitoring, displaying, and uploading and downloading information related to the virus blocker execution file.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein sending the command includes sending the command over a communication channel to close the private partition.

15. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising activating the virus blocker execution file, wherein activating the virus block execution file includes updating the virus blocker execution file from the internet by the host computer system.