Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing installer package information to a user
- Patent Title (中): 向用户提供安装程序包信息
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Application No.: US13246794Application Date: 2011-09-27
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Publication No.: US08677346B1Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: Kent Griffin , Sourabh Satish , Vijay Seshadri , Abubakar Wawda , Jing Zhou
- Applicant: Kent Griffin , Sourabh Satish , Vijay Seshadri , Abubakar Wawda , Jing Zhou
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: G06F9/445
- IPC: G06F9/445

Abstract:
Installer package information is presented to a user in response to an attempted installation of an application on an endpoint. The attempted installation is detected and the installer package is identified to an information server. The installer package may be identified using a hash key or other unique identifier. In response, the information server provides to the endpoint information associated with the identified installer package based on information received from a plurality of other endpoints. The endpoint may also provide installation and application information related to the installer package to the information server. In one embodiment, when the information server obtains more than the threshold amount of information for an installer package, the information server may analyze the information and provide the analysis to requesting endpoints. The analysis may include the risk or performance impact of the installer package, or the category or functionality of the application.
Information query