Patent ID: 8042161
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for sharing whitelist information, the method comprising the steps of: automatically identifying, by a computer, at least one potential trust partner with whom to share whitelist data; executing, by a computer, a handshaking procedure with the at least one identified potential trust partner, in order to confirm a trust relationship; responsive to confirming a trust relationship with at least one trust partner, transmitting, by a computer, criteria to the at least one confirmed trust partner, said criteria indicating what whitelist data the confirmed trust partner is to share; receiving, by a computer, whitelist data from the at least one confirmed trust partner, responsive to the transmitted criteria; adding, by a computer, the received whitelist data to a local whitelist; receiving, by a computer, updates to the received whitelist data from the at least one confirmed trust partner according to an update schedule; updating, by a computer, the local whitelist based on the received updates; and responsive to not receiving a specified number of scheduled updates from a confirmed trust partner, dropping, by a computer, the trust relationship with that trust partner.