Electronic message filter

US8250158B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Susquehanna International Group, LLP · US

Inventors

• John E. Arnold · Minneapolis, US
• Joel K. Greenberg · Reading, US
• Edward W. Macomber · Westford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes: applying an unsent electronic message to an electronic screening tool programmed to identify content that is potentially not authorized by a 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; 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 an electronic alert message for a sender that indicates that the unsent electronic message comprises content that may be objectionable.