Granted Patent B1

US 8,239,941 · App. 10/325,025 · Granted Aug 7, 2012

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A system for alerting users of a plurality of computers of a security event via a network, comprising:

a server to generate a security alert, the security alert including information relating to a security event, and to push the security alert from the server; and

a plurality of computers each coupled to the server via a network to receive the security alert and to automatically display the information of the security alert in a front most window of a user interface thereof,

wherein a first computer of the plurality of computers determines a status of a security application relative to the first computer and conditionally displays a purchase link as part of the security alert on the first computer based on the status.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front most window is automatically displayed over a background window running during the pushing of the security alert from the server to the plurality of computers.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front most window remains displayed in a foreground of the user interface until an option associated with the security alert is selected.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front most window remains displayed in a foreground of the user interface when a background window is changed.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein a background window is useable while the front most window remains displayed in a foreground of the user interface.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the push includes broadcasting the security alert.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the security alert is color-coded to reflect a level of severity associated with the security alert.

8. A method to alert users of a plurality of computers of a security event via a network, comprising:

generating a security alert including information relating to a security event utilizing a server;

pushing the security alert from the server to a plurality of computers via a network; and

determining, on a first computer of the plurality of computers, a status of a security application relative to the first computer;

wherein the information of the security alert is automatically displayed on each of the computers and is augmented with a purchase link based on the status of the security application prior to being displayed on the first computer.

9. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium to alert users of a plurality of computers of a security event via a network, comprising:

computer code to utilize a server to generate a security alert, the security alert including information relating to a security event;

computer code to push the security alert from the server to a plurality of computers via a network; and

computer code to determine a status of a security application relative to a first computer system of the plurality of computers;

wherein the information of the security alert is automatically displayed on each of the computers and is augmented with a purchase link based on the status of the security application prior to being displayed on the first computer system.

10. A method for handling a security event, comprising:

at a computer, receiving from a server a security alert including information relating to a security event;

identifying a status of at least one security application on the computer;

augmenting the information of the security alert with a purchase link based on the identified status; and

displaying the information of the security alert based on the identified status of the at least one security application on the computer;

wherein the security alert is pushed from the server to the computer; and

wherein the information of the security alert is automatically displayed in a front most window of a user interface of the computer.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein the security alert is displayed utilizing a single graphical user interface.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the single graphical user interface allows access to the security application.

13. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the single graphical user interface displays the status.

14. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for handling a security event, comprising:

computer code to receive, from a server, a security alert including information relating to a security event;

computer code to identify a status of security applications on a computer;

computer code to augment the information of the security alert with a purchase link based on the identified status; and

computer code to display the information of the security alert based on the identified status of the security applications on the computer;

wherein the security alert is pushed from the server to the computer; and

wherein the information of the security alert is automatically displayed in a front most window of a user interface of the computer.

15. A method, comprising:

generating a security alert including information relating to a security event utilizing a server;

pushing the security alert from the server to a computer via a network;

identifying a status of security applications on the computer;

augmenting the information of the security alert with a purchase link based on the identified status; and

conditionally displaying the information of the security alert in a front most window of a user interface of the computer based on the status of the security applications on the computer;

wherein the information includes at least one response option capable of being selected by a user for initiating a response to the security event associated with the security alert.

Assignments (11)