Patent · US Active

Spam reporting and management in a communication network

US9384471B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
7References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 2012
Grant dateJul 5, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/102
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for spam detection within electronic messages transported over a communication network. One embodiment is a spam center that connects to multiple entities of a communication network that handle electronic messages, such as text messages. The spam center receives spam reports from the entities that detect spam in prior electronic messages, analyzes the spam reports to generate spam filtering rules based on the spam detected in the prior electronic messages. The spam center then distributes the spam filtering rules to one or more of the entities. The entities may then use to spam filtering rules to filter spam out of electronic messages that subsequently received.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.