Patent ID: 8250158

Claim:
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: generating, based on the determination that the value of the risk assessment score exceeds the threshold value, an electronic alert message for the sender that indicates that the unsent electronic message comprises content that may be objectionable, wherein the electronic alert message prompts the sender for an instruction to perform a function, with the function comprising one or more of: sending the unsent electronic message to the recipient; modifying the unsent electronic message; sending the unsent electronic message to a first designated company official for review; and segregating the unsent electronic message for review by a second designated company official.