Protegrity USA, Inc. et al. v. Netskope, Inc.

Representative Claim

1. A method for detecting intrusion in a database, comprising:

defining at least one intrusion detection policy for the database;

associating each user with one of the defined policies;

receiving a database query from a user;

determining if the results of the query violate the intrusion detection policy; and

altering the user’s authorization if the intrusion detection policy has been violated.

Posture:

Defendant Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.

Abstract Idea: Yes

“[L]imiting access to information based on access policies or suspicious requests.”

Something More: No

“Here, the independent claims merely describe, in broad strokes, the implementation of an abstract idea in a general purpose computer environment.”