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Installing virtual machines within different communication pathways to access protected resources

  • US 9,553,877 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2016
  • Issued: 01/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of controlling access to computer resources used by a computer application, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • fractionating, by one or more processors, a computer application into disparate components;

    assigning, by one or more processors, two or more of the disparate components to different communication pathways, wherein the different communication pathways lead to requisite resources needed to execute the disparate components;

    creating, by one or more processors, a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine controls access to a particular requisite resource by a particular disparate component;

    installing, by one or more processors, the virtual machine within at least one of the different communication pathways to control access to the particular requisite resource by the particular disparate component;

    transmitting, by one or more processors, a resource retrieval instruction to retrieve the particular requisite resource via the virtual machine and the at least one of the different communication pathways;

    defining, by one or more processors, a threat level for the particular disparate component; and

    adjusting, by one or more processors, a quantity of virtual machines between the computer application and the particular requisite resource according to the threat level for the particular disparate component.

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