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ACTIVITY FILTERING BASED ON TRUST RATINGS OF NETWORK ENTITIES

  • US 20110191847A1
  • Filed: 01/29/2010
  • Published: 08/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of filtering activities of nodes interacting with a device having a processor, the nodes connected to the device through a network and respectively having a network address, the method comprising:

  • executing on the processor instructions configured to;

    identify at least one network entity controlling nodes having network addresses within a network address group;

    for respective network entities;

    for nodes interacting with the device and having a network address within the network address group of the network entity, evaluate at least one activity of the node; and

    assign to the network entity a network entity trust rating based on evaluated activities of nodes having network addresses within the network address group; and

    filter activities of a node interacting with the device by;

    determining the network entity controlling the network address group containing the network address of the node; and

    filtering activities of the node based on the network entity trust rating of the network entity.

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