Patent ID: 7668951
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A network traffic filtering system for filtering a flow of electronic messages across a computer network, the system comprising: one or more computing devices; an engine associated with a centralized server installed on the one or more computing devices, the engine executing instructions stored in a memory of the one or more computing devices, the execution of the instructions configured to: a profile database associated with the engine for storing the reputation data, the reputation score, the updated reputation score, and the source reputation profile; and the centralized server connected to the profile database and external to the receiving server and a terminal connected thereto for receiving incoming messages from the receiving server, and the centralized server configured to provide the source reputation profile to an external local system including the receiving mail server, the source reputation profile for filtering incoming electronic messages received by the receiving mail server.