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Patent US8214497 - Multi-dimensional reputation scoring - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsMethods and systems for assigning reputation to communications entities include collecting communications data from distributed agents, aggregating the communications data, analyzing the communications data and identifying relationships between communications entities based upon the communications d...http://www.google.com/patents/US8214497?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8214497 - Multi-dimensional reputation scoringAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8214497 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/626,603Publication dateJul 3, 2012Filing dateJan 24, 2007Priority dateJan 24, 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asCN101730903A, CN101730903B, CN103095672A, EP2115689A1, EP2115689A4, US8762537, US9009321, US20080175266, US20120239751, US20120240228, US20140366144, WO2008091986A1Publication number11626603, 626603, US 8214497 B2, US 8214497B2, US-B2-8214497, US8214497 B2, US8214497B2InventorsDmitri Alperovitch, Tomo Foote-Lennox, Jeremy Gould, Paula Greve, Alejandro Manuel Hernandez, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Tim Lange, Phyllis Adele Schneck, Martin Stecher, Yuchun Tang, Aarjav Jyotindra Neeta Trivedi, Lamar Lorenzo Willis, Weilai Yang, Jonathan Alexander ZdziarskiOriginal AssigneeMcafee, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (543), Non-Patent Citations (116), Referenced by (35), Classifications (23), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMulti-dimensional reputation scoring
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