Patent ID: 9143503
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by an Information Handling System (IHS), causes the IHS to: detect, by the IHS, a locally initiated communication between the first user and a second user, wherein the communication is determined to be locally initiated based upon an evaluation of a physical distance between the first and second users during the communication; calculate, by the IHS for the first user, a trust score associated with the second user, the trust score based, at least in part, upon the locally initiated communication, wherein calculating the trust score further comprises calculating a weighted mean among a plurality of attributes selected from the group consisting of: a user registration of the second user, an age of an account associated with the second user, detection of malicious material on a device operated by the second user, and a presence of a third, registered user during the locally initiated communication; store, by the IHS, a record of the trust score in a first user's contact list detect, by the IHS, a request for remotely initiated communication between the first user and the second user; retrieve, by the IHS, the trust score of the second user based upon the first user's contact list; and determine, by the IHS, whether to allow the remotely initiated communication to take place based, at least in part, upon the trust score.