Patent ID: 8601065
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a first e-mail message on a system, the system being arranged to transmit e-mail messages, the system including at least one input device, the method comprising: identifying an attempt to transmit the first e-mail message; determining whether an interaction event has occurred within a given time interval, the given time interval being measured beginning before the attempt to transmit the first e-mail message is identified; performing a comparison utilizing content of the first e-mail message to determine whether the first e-mail message is likely legitimate; preventing the first e-mail message from being transmitted if it is determined that the interaction event has not occurred within the given time interval and if the comparison indicates that the first e-mail message is likely not legitimate; and allowing the first e-mail message to be transmitted if it is determined that the interaction event has not occurred within the given time interval and if the comparison indicates that the first e-mail message is likely legitimate, wherein the interaction event is a user interaction event, and determining whether the user interaction event has occurred within the given time interval includes: obtaining a timestamp associated with the user interaction event, the timestamp being arranged to indicate a time associated with an occurrence of the user interaction event; determining a first time, the first time being a time associated with the attempt to transmit the first e-mail message; and determining if the difference between the first time and the timestamp exceeds the given time interval, wherein if the difference between the first time and the timestamp exceeds the given time interval, it is determined that the user interaction event has not occurred within the given time interval.