System, method and computer program product for reconstructing data received by a computer in a manner that is independent of the computer

• US 8,756,290 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2012
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Original Assignee: McAfee, Inc. (McAfee, LLC)
• Inventors: Makinson, Graham A., Hackett, Paul C.
• Primary Examiner(s): ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N
• Application Number:
  US13/627,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20130024505A1
• Time in Patent Office: 629 Days
• Field of Search: 709/207
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1402 Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport

Abstract

A data reconstruction system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, one of a plurality of computers receiving data over a network is identified. In addition, the data received by the computer is reconstructed in a manner that is independent of the computer.

Claims

1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed by a processor:

identify a computer receiving data over a network; and

reconstruct a copy of the data into reconstructed data via a network device that is independent of the computer, the reconstructing the copy of the data including;

identifying one or more functions within the copy of the data;

executing the one or more functions within a sandbox that operates outside the computer,

wherein an administrator device is configured to provide a first pane to display the reconstructed data and a second pane to display a particular function that returns an error in response to the execution of the particular function within the sandbox, and wherein the particular function that returns an error is selectable from the second pane to allow generating other data associated with the particular function to enable errorless execution of the particular function within the sandbox.

2. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer is a mobile phone.

3. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the administrator device and the network device are the same.

4. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the administrator device includes a graphical user interface (GUI) for providing the first and second panes for display.

5. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more functions that generates an error when executed in the sandbox is not included in the reconstructed data in the first pane.

6. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein a certain function that is errorless in response to the execution of the certain function within the sandbox is included in the reconstructed data.

7. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data is associated with a web page.

8. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions that reconstruct the copy of the data when executed on a processor:

generate an image of the data received by the computer.

9. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the image is a browser image of the data received by the computer.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1,

wherein the one or more instructions when executed on a processor:

identify a user associated with the computer; and

add the user information of the user to a user list.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the user list includes information associated with one or more users who have requested a web page within a predetermined time period.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data is part of network traffic that is monitored by the network device.

13. A method, comprising:

identifying a computer receiving data over a network; and

reconstructing a copy of the data into reconstructed data via a network device that is independent of the computer, the reconstructing including;

identifying one or more functions within the copy of the data;

executing the one or more functions within a sandbox that operates outside the computer,

wherein an administrator device is configured to provide a first pane to display the reconstructed data and a second pane to display a particular function that returns an error in response to the execution of the particular function within the sandbox, and wherein the particular function that returns an error is selectable from the second pane to allow generating other data associated with the particular function to enable errorless execution of the particular function within the sandbox.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the computer is a mobile phone.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the one or more functions that generates an error when executed in the sandbox is not included in the reconstructed data in the first pane, and

wherein a certain function that is errorless in response to the execution of the certain function within the sandbox is included in the reconstructed data.

16. A system, comprising:

a processor and a memory, wherein the system is configured to;

identify a computer receiving data over a network; and

reconstruct a copy of the data into reconstructed data via a network device that is independent of the computer, the reconstructing the copy of the data including;

identifying one or more functions within the copy of the data;

executing the one or more functions within a sandbox that operates outside the computer,

wherein an administrator device is configured to provide a first pane to display the reconstructed data and a second pane to display a particular function that returns an error in response to the execution of the particular function within the sandbox, and wherein the particular function that returns an error is selectable from the second pane to allow generating other data associated with the particular function to enable errorless execution of the particular function within the sandbox.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the computer is a mobile phone.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein each of the one or more functions that generates an error when executed in the sandbox is not included in the reconstructed data in the first pane, and

wherein a certain function that is errorless in response to the execution of the certain function within the sandbox is included in the reconstructed data.