Patent ID: 9002333
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of handling a communication received on a first mobile cellular device, the method comprising: determining a source identification of the communication; querying a centralized reputation service with the source identification by a software agent on said mobile cellular device; receiving a prediction of the source identification from the centralized reputation service by said software agent on said mobile cellular device, wherein the prediction is an indication of the likelihood that the source identification of the communication is malicious or otherwise untrustworthy, as calculated from a plurality of ratings of the source identification entered by users using a software agent on each of a plurality of mobile cellular devices other than the first mobile cellular device, and wherein said prediction is calculated on-the-fly after said querying and is not calculated before said querying; comparing the received prediction to a predefined threshold by said software agent on said mobile cellular device; and automatically, and without user intervention, rejecting the communication by said software agent on said first mobile cellular device when the received prediction does not meet or exceed the predefined threshold.