Patent ID: 9154520
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for notifying users of endpoint devices about blocked downloads, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: detecting, at a network gateway that facilitates data transfer between an endpoint device and an external network, at least one attempt by the endpoint device to download a file from the external network by receiving a request from the endpoint device to download the file from the external network; upon detecting the attempt by the endpoint device to download the file, determining, based at least in part on at least one potential policy violation associated with the file, that the network gateway has already blocked at least one previous attempt by the same endpoint device to download the file from the external network by: in response to determining that the network gateway has already blocked the previous attempt by the same endpoint device to download the file from the external network based at least in part on the potential policy violation associated with the file: