Trusted Communication Network
First Claim
1. A system within a private network including a plurality of registered enterprise networks, the system comprising:
- a processing node configured to send only authorized inbound messages to the registered enterprise networks, wherein an authorized message is a message that includes trusted source indicia, and wherein trusted source indicia indicates that the message was sent by one or more of the processing node or an authenticated message transfer node associated with one of the registered enterprise networks; and
an administration node configured to maintain registration of a plurality of message transfer nodes associated with the enterprise networks.
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Abstract
A system includes a processing node configured to send authorized inbound messages to registered enterprise networks. An authorized message is a message that includes trusted source indicia. Trusted source indicia indicates that the message was sent by one or more of the processing node or an authenticated message transfer node associated with one of the registered enterprise networks. The system may further include an administration node configured to maintain registration of a plurality of message transfer nodes associated with the enterprise networks. A method includes receiving outbound messages from an authenticated message transfer node of an enterprise network, screening the messages for threats to determine whether to send the messages to associated recipients, applying a first message identifier to each message, wherein the first message identifier can be used to track the message and, for each message, sending the message to the associated recipient if no threats are detected in the message.
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39 Claims
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1. A system within a private network including a plurality of registered enterprise networks, the system comprising:
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a processing node configured to send only authorized inbound messages to the registered enterprise networks, wherein an authorized message is a message that includes trusted source indicia, and wherein trusted source indicia indicates that the message was sent by one or more of the processing node or an authenticated message transfer node associated with one of the registered enterprise networks; and
an administration node configured to maintain registration of a plurality of message transfer nodes associated with the enterprise networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for use in a private network, wherein the private network includes a plurality of registered member enterprise networks, the method comprising:
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receiving outbound messages from an authenticated message transfer node of an enterprise network;
screening the messages for threats to determine whether to send the messages to associated recipients;
applying a first message identifier to each message, wherein the first message identifier can be used to track the message;
for each message, sending the message to the associated recipient if no threats are detected in the message. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for facilitating trust among entities communicating over a network, the system comprising:
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means for registering a plurality of message transfer nodes with a private network, wherein the message transfer nodes reside in associated enterprise networks that are members of the private network;
means for determining whether inbound messages sent to the enterprise networks have associated trusted source indicia; and
means for transmitting only inbound messages that have associated trusted source indicia to the enterprise networks.
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