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US 11,799,829 · App. 17/954,310 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Customized filtering of transmissions from a device

Inventors: Juta Gurinaviciute (Vilnius, LT); Carlos Eliseo Salas Lumbreras (Vilnius, LT)
Assignee: UAB 360 IT
H04L63/0227H04L63/0236
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,799,829
App. No.
17/954,310
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method including configuring a security device to receive registration information indicating groups of user devices; configuring the security device to receive policy information indicating respective filtering policies for each group of user devices; configuring the security device to receive a transmission packet for transmission to a destination device over an open internet; configuring the security device to determine, based on the registration information, the group of user devices to which the user device belongs; configuring the security device to determine, based on the policy information and on determining the group to which the user device belongs, whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet; and configuring the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet based on determining whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet is disclosed.

Claims (40)

1. An infrastructure device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:

configure a security device to receive registration information indicating groups to which user devices belong;

configure the security device to receive policy information indicating respective filtering policies for each group of user devices;

configure the security device to receive, from a user device, a transmission packet for transmission to a destination device over an open internet;

configure the security device to determine, based at least in part on the registration information, a group of user devices to which the user device belongs;

configure the security device to determine, based at least in part on the policy information and on determining the group of user devices to which the user device belongs, whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device over the open internet; and

configure the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet based at least in part on determining whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device over the open internet.

2. The infrastructure device of claim 1 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the memory and the processor are configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the destination device.

3. The infrastructure device of claim 1 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the memory and the processor are configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to a port related to an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the destination device.

4. The infrastructure device of claim 1 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the memory and the processor are configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to utilize a protocol utilized by the user device to transmit the transmission packet.

5. The infrastructure device of claim 1 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the memory and the processor are configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to utilize a web application utilized by the user device to transmit the transmission packet.

6. The infrastructure device of claim 1 , wherein, to configure the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet, the memory and the processor are configured to configure the security device to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device on the open internet based at least in part on determining that the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet.

7. The infrastructure device of claim 1 , wherein, to configure the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet, the memory and the processor are configured to configure the security device to block transmission of the transmission packet based at least in part on determining that the user device is not permitted to transmit the transmission packet.

8. A method, comprising:

configuring a security device to receive registration information indicating groups to which user devices belong;

configuring the security device to receive policy information indicating respective filtering policies for each group of user devices;

configuring the security device to receive, from a user device, a transmission packet for transmission to a destination device over an open internet;

configuring the security device to determine, based at least in part on the registration information, a group of user devices to which the user device belongs;

configuring the security device to determine, based at least in part on the policy information and on determining the group of user devices to which the user device belongs, whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device over the open internet; and

configuring the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet based at least in part on determining whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device over the open internet.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet includes configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the destination device.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet includes configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to a port related to an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the destination device.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet includes configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to utilize a protocol utilized by the user device to transmit the transmission packet.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet includes configuring the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to utilize a web application utilized by the user device to transmit the transmission packet.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet includes configuring the security device to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device on the open internet based at least in part on determining that the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet includes configuring the security device to block transmission of the transmission packet based at least in part on determining that the user device is not permitted to transmit the transmission packet.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with an infrastructure device, configure the processor to:

configure a security device to receive registration information indicating groups to which user devices belong;

configure the security device to receive policy information indicating respective filtering policies for each group of user devices;

configure the security device to receive, from a user device, a transmission packet for transmission to a destination device over an open internet;

configure the security device to determine, based at least in part on the registration information, a group of user devices to which the user device belongs;

configure the security device to determine, based at least in part on the policy information and on determining the group of user devices to which the user device belongs, whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device over the open internet; and

configure the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet based at least in part on determining whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device over the open internet.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the processor is configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the destination device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the processor is configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet to a port related to an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the destination device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the processor is configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to utilize a protocol utilized by the user device to transmit the transmission packet.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein, to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet, the processor is configured to configure the security device to determine whether the user device is permitted to utilize a web application utilized by the user device to transmit the transmission packet.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein, to configure the security device to selectively block transmission of the transmission packet, the processor is configured to configure the security device to transmit the transmission packet to the destination device on the open internet based at least in part on determining that the user device is permitted to transmit the transmission packet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2026
From: UAB 360 IT
To: 720 IT, UAB
Reel/Frame 074330/0675 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 17952295 · Sep 25, 2022