Patent Document ID: 20160026797
Application ID: 14793683
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for establishing the reputation of message components, the method comprising: transmitting over a network communication interface a request for data from a first electronic computing device; receiving the requested data over the network communication interface; a processor executing instructions out of a memory breaking the received data into a plurality of component parts, wherein the plurality of component parts are stored in a database; and receiving a first set of information from a second electronic computing device, wherein the received first set of information is associated with a bad reputation and includes a plurality of constituent components, and a processor at the second computing device generates the plurality of constituent components from data contained in a message by breaking the data contained in the message into the plurality of constituent components; comparing the received plurality of constituent components with the plurality of component parts; identifying that at least one of the constituent components of the plurality of constituent components matches at least one of the component parts; and associating each of the plurality of component parts with a threat, wherein the database is updated with information indicating that the plurality of component parts are associated with a threat.