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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2020
Methods and apparatus to identify suspicious electronic communication based on communication history
Mcafee, Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Oliver Georges Devane, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Deepak Setty, Bangalore, IN;
MCAFEE, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Example apparatus to process an electronic communication includes a trusted communication identifier including a contact identifier to compare sender information from the electronic communication to contact information from a contact datastore, determine that a communication has not previously been sent from a recipient of the electronic communication to the sender of the electronic communication when the sender information from the electronic communication is not found in the contact datastore, and in response to determining that the communication has not been previously sent, provide an alert message that the sender information from the electronic communication is unknown. The trusted communication identifier further including a user action determiner to store the sender information from the electronic communication in the contact datastore when a response to the electronic communication has been sent.