No Phishing Allowed! ICAP Patent Brokerage Announces the Sale of Improved Spam Filtering and Malware Protection Technology
CHICAGO, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP plc and the world's premier patent auction firm, is offering for sale a patent portfolio of spam filtering and malware protection technology from Gytheion Networks.
Key Characteristics & Benefits
Patents in this portfolio disclose the following:
- An improved anti-Spam system. A method and system for preventing email spamming and protecting a computer system/network from cyber attacks and malware.
- The anti-spam system comprises a network interface coupled to a computer system/network, a second network interface coupled to the external network or internet, a memory unit for storing a software instruction set corresponding to the email filtering technique, and a CPU for executing the said instruction set.
- The anti-spam system acts as an interface between the external networks (e.g., Internet) and the home network, wherein the system is installed at the user's premise or site.
- The anti-spam system executes the stored computer instruction set to perform a series of checks on each instance of an email message or webpage accessed by the user.
- The anti-spam system first analyzes the content of the email to identify its sender/source and then automatically compares the identified sender/source with a pre-defined list of blacklisted or white-listed senders.
- If the email is identified to have come from blacklisted senders/sources, it is filtered or removed immediately; otherwise, the anti-spam system performs subsequent checks on the email content for any malware and phishing attack.
- The anti-spam system also checks the recipient of the email message against a pre-defined parental control list blocking access to all but the specified recipient.
- The pre-defined lists of blacklisted senders/sources and parental control are defined only once by the system administrator or the user and hence does not require regular training of email filtering software by the user.
- Furthermore, the disclosed system checks the entire source code of a webpage for any phishing or virus attacks, spyware, or malware, enabling a safe browsing experience to the user and enhancing the computer network security.
Market Potential
This portfolio should be of interest to networking companies, email service providers, spam filter and antivirus solution developers, and entities involved in IT and business security.
- Globally, the consumer antivirus security market was around $3.8 billion in 2010, while the anti-spam market is expected to be more than $6 billion in 2012.(1)(2)
To learn more about the assets available for sale in this portfolio:
Contact Dean Becker, CEO of ICAP Patent Brokerage at [email protected].
About ICAP Patent Brokerage
ICAP Patent Brokerage is the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP and the world's premier patent auction firm.
About ICAP
ICAP is the world's premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade services. The Group matches buyers and sellers in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, commodities, foreign exchange, emerging markets, equities and equity derivatives through voice and electronic networks. ICAP plc was added to the FTSE 100 Index on 30 June 2006. For more information go to www.icap.com.
(1) https://www.trefis.com/modelDiff?id=9
(2) http://www.csoonline.com/article/548813/toolbox-how-to-choose-your-antispam-strategy
SOURCE ICAP Patent Brokerage
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