Protection system and method
First Claim
1. An anti-virus A protection method for use within a data transmission network to protect against the transmission of unwanted data from a transmission originator having a plurality of assigned security codes corresponding to a plurality of data security levels to a subscriber/recipient having a plurality of assigned discrete subscriber/recipient IP address codes over the data transmission network including a data transfer control means and a plurality of data transmission ports corresponding to the plurality of security levels, wherein said plurality of assigned security codes includes a first data security level code element and a second data security level code element and said plurality of data transmission ports include a first data transmission port and a second data transmission port such that data are transmitted through the first data transmission port to the subscriber/recipient when said discrete security code element is authenticated as a first data security code level element and data are transmitted through the second data transmission port to the subscriber/recipient when said discrete security code element is authenticated as a second data security level code element, whereas the anti-virus protection method comprising the steps of:
- generating a transmission pack including a discrete security code element corresponding to the data security level selected by the transmission originator of the data to be transmitted and a discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code element corresponding to the discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code of the subscriber/recipient, subscriber/recipient;
transmitting data and said transmission pack to the data transfer control means that includes circuitry and logic to scan said transmission packets from the transmission originator for discrete security code elements and discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code elements to control the transfer of data from transmission originators to subscriber/recipients through said data transfer control means;
scanning said transmission pack to authenticate discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code elements and discrete security code elements;
and transferring data in authenticated transmission packs to the subscriber/recipient through the data transmission port corresponding to the data security level.
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Abstract
An anti-virusA protection system and method for use within a data transmission network to protect against the transfer of viruses from a transmission originatororiginator, having a discrete transmission originator codecode, to a subscriber/recipientsubscriber/recipient, having a discrete subscriber/recipient IP address codecode, over the data transmission network comprising the steps ofincludes: assigning a discrete security code to the transmission originator,originator; generating a transmission pack including a discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code element corresponding to the discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code of the subscriber/recipient, a discrete security code element corresponding to the discrete security code assigned to the transmission originator, a file extension elementelement, and a data packet element; transmitting the transmission pack to a data transfer control; authenticating the transmission pack with the discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code element, discrete security code elementelement, and discrete transmission originator code; transferring the authenticated transmission pack to the subscriber/recipientsubscriber/recipient; and isolating the subscriber/recipient from an unauthenticated transmission packpack, received by the data transfer control from a transmission originatororiginator, to prevent the transfer of an unauthenticated transmission pack to the subscriber/recipient.
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Citations
53 Claims
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1. An anti-virus A protection method for use within a data transmission network to protect against the transmission of unwanted data from a transmission originator having a plurality of assigned security codes corresponding to a plurality of data security levels to a subscriber/recipient having a plurality of assigned discrete subscriber/recipient IP address codes over the data transmission network including a data transfer control means and a plurality of data transmission ports corresponding to the plurality of security levels, wherein said plurality of assigned security codes includes a first data security level code element and a second data security level code element and said plurality of data transmission ports include a first data transmission port and a second data transmission port such that data are transmitted through the first data transmission port to the subscriber/recipient when said discrete security code element is authenticated as a first data security code level element and data are transmitted through the second data transmission port to the subscriber/recipient when said discrete security code element is authenticated as a second data security level code element, whereas the anti-virus protection method comprising the steps of:
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generating a transmission pack including a discrete security code element corresponding to the data security level selected by the transmission originator of the data to be transmitted and a discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code element corresponding to the discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code of the subscriber/recipient, subscriber/recipient; transmitting data and said transmission pack to the data transfer control means that includes circuitry and logic to scan said transmission packets from the transmission originator for discrete security code elements and discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code elements to control the transfer of data from transmission originators to subscriber/recipients through said data transfer control means;
scanning said transmission pack to authenticate discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code elements and discrete security code elements;
andtransferring data in authenticated transmission packs to the subscriber/recipient through the data transmission port corresponding to the data security level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An anti-virus A protection method for use within a data transmission network to protect against the transmission of unwanted data from a transmission originator having a plurality of assigned security codes corresponding to a plurality of data security levels to a subscriber/recipient having an assigned discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code over the data transmission network including a data transfer control means and a plurality of data transmission ports corresponding to the plurality of security levels, wherein said plurality of assigned security codes includes a first data security level code element and a second data security level code element and said plurality of data transmission ports include a first data transmission port and a second data transmission port such that data are transmitted through the first data transmission port to the subscriber/recipient when said discrete security code element is authenticated as a first data security code level element and data are transmitted through the second data transmission port to the subscriber/recipient when said discrete security code element is authenticated as a second data security level code element, whereas the anti-virus protection method comprising the steps of:
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generating a transmission pack including a discrete security code element corresponding to the data security level selected by the transmission originator of the data to be transmitted and a discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code element corresponding to the discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code of the subscriber/recipient, a file extension element and a data packet element;
transmitting data and said transmission pack to the data transfer control means that includes circuitry and logic to scan the transmission packets from the transmission originator for discrete security code elements and discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code elements to control the transfer of data from transmission originators to subscriber/recipients through the data transfer control means;
scanning said transmission pack for discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code elements and discrete security code elements;
andtransferring data from authenticated transmission packs to the subscriber/recipient through the data transmission port corresponding to the data security level. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data transmission controller, comprising:
circuitry and control logic configured to;
authenticate a received transmission pack of data, including determining if the transmission pack includes a discrete security code element corresponding to a discrete security code assigned to an external transmission originator, where the discrete security code is one of plural pre-assigned security codes, and where each security code and corresponding security code element represents one of plural predetermined security levels; and
in accordance with a result of authentication, establish a discrete data port for transmitting data of the transmission pack, where a type of the discrete data port is selected from plural predetermined data port types corresponding to the plural predetermined security levels. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A data transmission controller, comprising:
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means for authenticating a transmission pack of data, including means for determining if the transmission pack includes a discrete security code element corresponding to a discrete security code assigned to an external transmission originator, where the discrete security code is one of plural pre-assigned security codes, and where each security code and corresponding security code element represents one of plural predetermined security levels; and
means for establishing a discrete data port for transmitting data of the transmission pack, where a type of the discrete data port is selected from plural predetermined data port types corresponding to the plural predetermined security levels. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A protection method for controlling data transmission, comprising:
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authenticating a received transmission pack of data, including determining if the transmission pack includes a discrete security code element corresponding to a discrete security code assigned to an external transmission originator, where the discrete security code is one of plural pre-assigned security codes, and where each security code and corresponding security code element represents one of plural predetermined security levels; and
in accordance with a result of the authenticating, establishing a discrete data port for transmitting data of the transmission pack, where a type of the discrete data port is selected from plural predetermined data port types corresponding to the plural predetermined security levels. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A data transmission recipient, comprising:
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a data processor; and
in-line circuitry and control logic associated with the data processor and configured to;
authenticate a received transmission pack of data, including determining if the transmission pack includes a discrete security code element corresponding to a discrete security code assigned to an external transmission originator, where the discrete security code is one of plural pre-assigned security codes, and where each security code and corresponding security code element represents one of plural predetermined security levels;
in accordance with a result of authentication, establish a discrete data port for transmitting data of the transmission pack, where a type of the discrete data port is selected from plural predetermined data port types corresponding to the plural predetermined security levels; and
transmit data of the authenticated transmission pack via the discrete data port to the data processor. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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50. A data transmission system, comprising:
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at least one transmission originator, each transmission originator having at least one discrete security code assigned thereto;
at least one recipient, each recipient having at least one discrete recipient IP address code assigned thereto; and
a data transmission controller arranged in communication with the at least one transmission originator and the at least one recipient, wherein the data transmission controller comprises circuitry and control logic configured to;
authenticate a transmission pack of data received from a discrete transmission originator, including determining if the transmission pack includes a discrete security code element corresponding to a discrete security code assigned to the discrete transmission originator, where the discrete security code is one of plural pre-assigned security codes, and where each security code and corresponding security code element represents one of plural predetermined security levels;
in accordance with a result of authentication, establish a discrete data port for transmitting data of the transmission pack, where a type of the discrete data port is selected from plural predetermined data port types corresponding to the plural predetermined security levels; and
transmit data of the transmission pack via the discrete data port to a discrete recipient. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53)
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