US 11,836,508 B2
Contextual management of browser extensions
Harsha Ramamurthy Joshi, Bangalore (IN); Saravana Kumar Ramalingam, Bangalore (IN); Jitesh Dattani, Bangalore (IN); VijayaSumanth Pinapala, Bengaluru (IN); Sohan Lal, Bengalluru (IN); Dattatraya Kulkarni, Bangalore (IN); Siddartha Y. Ramamohan, Bengaluru (IN); and Srikanth Nalluri, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to McAee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/146,782.
Prior Publication US 2022/0222089 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 9/44526 (2013.01) [G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing endpoint, comprising:
a hardware platform comprising a processor and a memory;
an operating system to run on the hardware platform;
a web browser to run on the operating system, and including an extension framework; and
a management extension to run in the extension framework, and to contextually manage availability of other extensions, comprising receiving an extension reputation for an extension, wherein the extension reputation accounts for a uniform resource locator (URL) that a user uses with the extension, wherein the extension reputation includes an indication that the extension lacks utility for the URL, and based on the indication, blocking the extension.