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Outgoing communication scam prevention

US10757058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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37References

20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Nathalie Baracaldo Angel · San Jose, US
Pawan R. Chowdhary · San Jose, US
Heiko H. Ludwig · San Francisco, US
Robert J. Moore · San Jose, US
Amir J. Safavi · Berkeley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 4, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/1441
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method comprising intercepting an incoming communication for a user, and determining whether to classify the incoming communication as a suspicious incoming communication based on content of the incoming communication and a learned classification model or learned signatures. The method further comprises monitoring one or more outgoing communications from the user, and invoking an action relating to scam prevention in response to determining an outgoing communication from the user is linked to a suspicious incoming communication.

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