Patent ID: 8161561
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for protecting confidential data, the method executed by a computer and comprising: using the computer to monitor data the computer attempts to communicate to a website; identifying within the monitored data a data string; categorizing the data string with a description that describes a pattern of previous usage of the data string with other websites; locating a website characteristic profile for the website, the web site characteristic profile describing a pattern of previous usage of the website; comparing the website characteristic profile with the data string's categorization to determine whether the pattern of previous usage of the data string matches the pattern of previous usage of the website; responsive to the comparison indicating that the pattern of previous usage of the data string matches the pattern of previous usage of the website, allowing communication of the data string to the website; and responsive to the comparison indicating that the pattern of previous usage of the data string does not match the pattern of previous usage of the website, blocking communication of the data string to the website.