Scoring persons and files for trust in digital communication

US9979737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Herbert Willi Artur Ristock · Walnut Creek, US
• S. Michael Perlmutter · Mill Valley, US
• Brian Galvin · Silverdale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2008
• Grant date: May 22, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, using trust software executing from a machine-readable medium on a computerized appliance operating as a trust authority, to assign to a person, a file, or an enterprise an indication of trustworthiness, includes steps of (a) assembling information concerning the person, file, or enterprise; (b) applying trust logic to the information assembled for individual ones of the persons, files or enterprises to assign a trust score; and (c) storing the score associated with at least an identity of the person, file or enterprise.