Patent application EP20176703A (EP), filed 2020-05-27
Publication number: EP3757827A1
Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CATEGORIZATION OF AN APPLICATION ON A COMPUTING DEVICE
Abstract: [0001]    Disclosed herein are systems and methods for categorizing an application on a computing device. In one example, an exemplary method comprises, obtaining results of a classification of an application from a security server, when the results of the classification satisfy rules of relevance, designating the results of the classification as relevant and determining a category of the application based on the designation of the results as relevant, and when the results of the classification do not satisfy the rules of relevance, performing at least one of: terminating the categorization of the application, and updating the classification of the application based on a set of attributes of the application.
IPC codes: G06F  21/    00            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method for categorizing an application on a computing device, the method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method according to claim 1, wherein the updating of the classification comprises:
receiving the updated classification from a security server in response to sending the set of attributes to the security server.
number: 3
text: The method according to any of claims 1 to 2, wherein the set of attributes of the application comprises at least one of:
number: 4
text: The method according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the results of the classification of the application are presented as one or more probabilities of the application belonging to respective one or more categories of applications.
number: 5
text: The method according claim 4, wherein the one or more categories of the applications comprise at least one of: a category for malicious applications, a category for unwanted applications, and a category for trusted applications.
number: 6
text: The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the category of the application is determined using heuristic rules which are based at least in part on the results of the classification.
number: 7
text: The method according to any of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:
number: 8
text: A system for categorizing an application on a computing device, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
number: 9
text: The system according to claim 8, wherein the configuration for the updating of the classification comprises a configuration for:
receiving the updated classification from a security server in response to sending the set of attributes to the security server.
number: 10
text: The system according to any of claims 8 to 9, wherein the set of attributes of the application comprises at least one of:
number: 11
text: The system according to any of claims 8 to 10, wherein the results of the classification of the application are presented as one or more probabilities of the application belonging to respective one or more categories of applications.
number: 12
text: The system according to any of claims 8 to 11, wherein the one or more categories of the applications comprise at least one of: a category for malicious applications, a category for unwanted applications, and a category for trusted applications.
number: 13
text: The system according to any of claims 8 to 12, wherein the category of the application is determined using heuristic rules which are based at least in part on the results of the classification.
number: 14
text: The system according to any of claims 8 to 13, the processor further being configured to:
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-12-30
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2012240236A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2012227105A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2012227105
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2012240236
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2020-12-30)