Techniques for managing search engine results

• US 8,595,211 B1
• Filed: 02/25/2011
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Symantec Corporation (NortonLifeLock Inc.)
• Inventors: Satish, Sourabh
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, UYEN T
• Application Number:
  US13/035,810
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/709
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/51 at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/562 Static detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1425 Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer

Abstract

Techniques for managing search engine results may include, for example, a method for managing search engine results comprising receiving a search engine result and associated summary content, receiving requested content associated with the search engine result, comparing, using a computer processor, the summary content and the received requested content, and performing one or more actions in the event the summary content does not match the received requested content.

Claims

1. A method for managing search engine results comprising:

receiving a search engine result and associated summary content;

receiving requested content associated with the search engine result;

comparing, using a computer processor, the summary content and the received requested content; and

performing one or more actions in the event the summary content does not match the received requested content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise notifying a search engine that the summary content does not match the received requested content.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising expediting crawling web content based upon a received notification that summary content does not match the received requested content.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising delisting a network address based upon a determination that received requested content is malicious.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise indicating to a user that summary content is stale.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise providing the received requested content to a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise blocking the received requested content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise warning a user regarding potential malicious content associated with the received requested content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise preventing downloads from a network address associated with the received requested content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise one or more of:

disabling at least a portion of browser functionality of a browser receiving the received requested content, disabling instantiation of ActiveX controls on a page associated with the received requested content, and preventing interaction with a web form of a page associated with the received requested content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise providing a notification to at least one of:

an administrator, a security software vendor, a third party solution provider, and one or more additional search engine clients.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining which of the one or more actions to perform based on at least one of:

a similarity of the received requested content to the summary content derived from the comparison, a policy, and an analysis of the received requested content.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the received requested content is associated with one or more of malware and misleading content, wherein the determination is based on one or more of:

a signature, behavioral analysis, and reputation based analysis.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing comprises performing a string search for one or more portions of the summary content in the received requested content.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more portions of functionality are performed by at least one of:

a browser API, a browser plug-in, and a browser component.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more portions of functionality are performed by a gateway, a web proxy, and a search engine.

17. At least one processor readable non-transitory storage medium for storing a computer program of instructions configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method as recited in claim 1.

18. An article of manufacture for managing search engine results, the article of manufacture comprising:

at least one non-transitory processor readable medium; and

instructions stored on the at least one medium;

wherein the instructions are configured to be readable from the at least one medium by at least one processor and thereby cause the at least one processor to operate so as to;

receive a search engine result and associated summary content;

receive requested content associated with the search engine result;

compare, using a computer processor, the summary content and the received requested content; and

perform one or more actions in the event the summary content does not match the received requested content.

19. A system for managing search engine results comprising:

one or more processors communicatively coupled to a network;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to;

receive a search engine result and associated summary content;

receive requested content associated with the search engine result;

compare, using a computer processor, the summary content and the received requested content; and

perform one or more actions in the event the summary content does not match the received requested content.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

expedite crawling web content based upon a received notification that summary content does not match the received requested content.