Patent ID: 8949976
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory machine readable medium, that, when executed, causes a processor to perform operations comprising: notifying an external computer of an availability of the processor in response to a determination that the processor has executed a screen-saver or has activated a power saving mode; notifying said external computer of an update status level; downloading definition or filtering data based at least in part on the update status level; receiving a task request from said external computer specifying a portion of a scan operation including a scan of a plurality of computer files to identify one or more of said plurality of computer files having one or more predetermined characteristics; performing said portion of said scan operation including the scan, the scan defined by the definition or filtering data; and reporting a result of said portion of said scan operation to said external computer.