Patent ID: 7676566
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of filtering incoming electronic messages from a computer network at a network-connected computer system, the method comprising: receiving a delivery attempt for an incoming electronic message at a receiving server in the network-connected computer system; determining a source of the incoming electronic message; requesting a reputation profile for the source from a service in the computer network that is external to the receiving server and any terminals connected thereto for receiving incoming messages from the receiving server; receiving the reputation profile for the source at the network-connected computer system, the reputation profile based on reputation data for the source generated by a centralized electronic message traffic monitoring system evaluating messages after being sent from a sending server and before being received by the targeted receiving server; and deciding disposition of the delivery attempt for an incoming electronic message based on the reputation profile received from the service.