Mcafee, Inc.

Paula Greve

Dmitri Alperovitch

Sven Krasser

Phyllis Adele Schneck

Tomo Foote-Lennox

Paul Qantas Judge

Martin Stecher

Yuchun Tang

Jonathan Alexander Zdziarski

Tim Lange

Lamar Lorenzo Willis

Alejandro Manuel Hernandez

Weilai Yang

Aarjav Jyotindra Neeta Trivedi

Jeremy Gould

Jonathan Torrez

Jonathan A Zdziarski

Methods and systems for assigning reputation to communications entities include collecting communications data from distributed agents, aggregating the communications data, analyzing the communications data and identifying relationships between communications entities based upon the communications data.

Multi-dimensional reputation scoring

Methods and systems for managing data communications are described. The method includes receiving a data communication; analyzing the data communication to determine a particular type of sender or recipient activity associated with the data communication based at least in part on an application of a plurality of tests to the data communication; assigning a total risk level to the data communication based at least in part on one or more risks associated with the particular type of sender or recipient activity and a tolerance for each of the one or more risks; comparing the total risk level assigned to the data communication with a maximum total acceptable level of risk; and allowing the data communication to be delivered to a recipient in response to the comparison indicating that the total risk level assigned to the data communication does not exceed the maximum total acceptable level of risk.

Adjusting filter or classification control settings

Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for prioritizing transmission of communications associated with an entity based upon reputation information associated with the entity.

Prioritizing network traffic

Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for assigning reputation to web-based entities based upon previously collected data.

Web reputation scoring

Methods and systems for adjusting control settings associated with filtering or classifying communications to a computer or a network. The adjustment of the control settings can include adjustment of policy and/or security settings associated with the computer or network. Ranges associated with the control settings can also be provided in some implementations.

Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for prioritizing transmission among a plurality of data streams based upon a classification associated with the data packets associated with each of the plurality of data streams, respectively. Systems and methods can operate to allocate bandwidth to priority data streams first and recursively allocate remaining bandwidth to lesser priority data streams based upon the priority associated with those respective lesser priority data streams.

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Lino Lakes, MN, United States of America

Paula Greve