US 11,809,687 B2
Systems and methods for proactive analysis of artifacts associated with information resources
Lee Haworth, London (GB); Simon Paul Tyler, Wiltshire (GB); Jackie Anne Maylor, Wiltshire (GB); and Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Greenbush, MI (US)
Assigned to Mimecast Services Ltd., London (GB)
Filed by Mimecast Services Ltd., London (GB)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,292.
Application 18/102,292 is a continuation of application No. 17/465,610, filed on Sep. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,599,244.
Application 17/465,610 is a continuation of application No. 16/239,508, filed on Jan. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,119,632, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,189, filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176712 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for proactively providing a user with information associated with an information resource in advance of user selection and viewing of the information resource, the method comprising:
monitoring user interaction with a user interface of a computing device displaying content;
detecting user input comprising positioning of a selection input proximate to a visual representation of an information resource for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the visual representation of the information resource is a selectable object associated with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
analyzing the URL and content associated with the URL; and
outputting to the user, via the user interface, information about the information resource based on the analysis in advance of user selection of the visual representation of the information resource.