[May 22, 2013] McAfee Assigned Patent Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- McAfee, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,722) developed by Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, Saratoga, Calif., and Faizel Lakhani, Campbell, Calif., for a "system and method for data mining and security policy management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided in one example and includes generating a query for a database for information stored in the database. The information relates to data discovered through a capture system. The method further includes generating an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) element to represent information received from the query. A rule based on the OLAP element is generated and the rule affects data management for one or more documents that satisfy the rule. In more specific embodiments, the method further includes generating a capture rule that defines items the capture system should capture. The method also includes generating a discovery rule that defines objects the capture system should register. In still other embodiments, the method includes developing a policy based on the rule, where the policy identifies how one or more documents are permitted to traverse a network." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/410,875). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,47,722.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,722&RS=PN/84,47,722 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. AM0522JA0522-879926 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]