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Patent No.:

US 8103732 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2010
Applicant:

Phillip Martin Hallam-baker, Medford, MA (US);

Inventor:

Phillip Martin Hallam-Baker, Medford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Verisign, Inc., Reston, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for controlling a message from a sender. A referee can evaluate a credential associated with a message to determine ifs desirability to the intended recipient, and take an action based upon the results of the determination. A sender that includes a trusted component can send a credential with the message, and the message can be controlled without a referee.


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