Patent ID: 8250158
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying content that is potentially not authorized by a business or potentially harmful to the business, in an unsent electronic message composed by a sender affiliated with the business, the method comprising: prior to transmission of the unsent electronic message from a server associated with the business to a recipient, applying the unsent electronic message to an electronic screening tool programmed to identify content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business; generating, based on an application of the unsent electronic message to the electronic screening tool, a risk assessment score for the unsent electronic message, with the risk assessment score specifying that the unsent electronic message comprises content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business; determining that a value of the risk assessment score exceeds a threshold value; and following a determination that the value of the risk assessment score exceeds the threshold value: