Patent ID: 7890627
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computers, performs the steps of: receiving a communication from a first communication identifier; parsing the first communication identifier into its components and assigning the components to a hierarchical tree structure, wherein the hierarchical tree structure maintains the hierarchical relationship between the components of the communication identifier; monitoring and keeping count of a number of communications from the first communication identifier, wherein the number of communications includes both a count of at least one of malicious and unwanted communications and a count of at least one of non-malicious and unwanted communications; attributing the number of communications to each appropriate component of the hierarchical tree; calculating a statistical measure related to the number of communications for each component of the hierarchical tree; receiving a communication from a second communication identifier, wherein the second communication identifier is previously unknown and has a common component with the hierarchical tree; assigning the statistical measure of the common component to the second communication identifier; and utilizing the statistical measure assigned to the second communication identifier to provide a prediction of reputation of the second communication identifier.