Patent ID: 8346880
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A filtering system for filtering electronic messages, the system comprising: one or more computing devices; a centralized server installed on the one or more computing devices and having an engine for executing instructions stored in a memory of the one or more computing devices, the execution of the instructions configured to generate a source reputation profile based on reputation data associated with a source address, wherein the reputation data is received from a centralized data source comprising an electronic message traffic monitoring system that monitors electronic messages after being sent from the source address and before being received by any gateway to a local network, and wherein the reputation data comprises metadata derived by the electronic message traffic monitoring system from the monitoring of messages sent from the source address; a profile database connected to the centralized server for storing the reputation data, the centralized server and profile database external to targeted receiving servers or any gateway to a local network including a targeted receiving server; and wherein the engine is further configured to provide the source reputation profile to an external local system for filtering incoming electronic messages based on the provided source reputation profile before the incoming electronic messages can reach an intended recipient.