Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Protecting users from accidentally disclosing personal information in an insecure environment
- Patent Title (中): 保护用户在不安全的环境中不小心泄露个人信息
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Application No.: US12217071Application Date: 2008-06-30
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Publication No.: US08347380B1Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Sourabh Satish , Shreyans Mehta , Vijay Anand Seshadri
- Applicant: Sourabh Satish , Shreyans Mehta , Vijay Anand Seshadri
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler PC
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
A method and system for protecting users from accidentally disclosing personal information in an insecure environment. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring I/O device input data associated with a guest operating system on a virtualization platform. The guest operating system has less privilege than a privileged operating system on the virtualization platform. The method further includes determining whether the I/O device input data corresponds to personal information of a user, and delaying or blocking the transfer of the I/O device input data to the guest operating system if the I/O device input data corresponds to the personal information of the user.
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