Declassifying of Suspicious Messages

• US 20110238765A1
• Filed: 04/12/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SonicWALL, Inc. (SonicWall Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Uycda, Damon K., Wilson, Brian K., Eikenberry, Scott D., Koblas, David A., Ng, Kwok H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,804 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

Handling a message comprises: classifying an incoming message for a recipient, storing the classified message and providing a notification to the recipient, wherein the notification includes summary information about the classified message and an interface that allows the recipient to operate on the classified message.

Claims

1. A method for declassifying a suspicious message, the method comprising:

receiving a message at a computing device, the computing device including a message filter application executable by the computing device;

receiving input from a recipient from the multiple intended recipients to declassify the suspicious message;

determining whether to classify the message as suspicious, wherein the determination is based on whether the recipient providing the input is authorized to declassify the message; and

processing the message in accordance with the classification of the message.