In-process protection for digital content communication systems
A method and system for providing in-process protection for digital content is disclosed. For one embodiment of the invention, a request is received from a user to communicate digital content. The digital content is accessed and subjected to ant-abuse analysis. A portion of the digital content, determined based upon the anti-abuse analysis, is then communicated in accordance with the request. For one embodiment of the invention the anti-abuse analysis includes spam filtering and virus detection.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving a request from a user to communicate digital content;
accessing the digital content;
performing anti-abuse analysis of the digital content; and
communicating a portion of the digital content, based upon the anti-abuse analysis, in accordance with the request.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the anti-abuse analysis determines if the digital constitutes spam.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the anti-abuse analysis determines if the digital contains a virus.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the request from the user is a request message received from a mobile communications device.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the digital content is stored in one or more digital content storage devices.
6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein in the stored digital content comprises e-mail messages of the user contained in one or more e-mail accounts.
7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the stored digital content is digital content selected from the group consisting of e-mail messages, news feeds, blogs, audio content, video content, and combinations thereof.
8 . A system comprising:
one or more digital content storage devices storing digital content;
one or more communication devices capable of receiving and presenting digital content; and
a digital content communication device coupling at least one of the digital content storage devices to at least one of the communication devices, the digital content communication device having an anti-abuse application that receives a request from a user to communicate digital content, accesses the digital content, performs anti-abuse analysis of the digital content, and communicates a portion of the digital content, based upon the anti-abuse analysis, in accordance with the request.
9 . The system of claim 8 wherein the anti-abuse analysis determines if the digital constitutes spam.
10 . The system of claim 8 wherein the anti-abuse analysis determines if the digital contains a virus.
11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more communications devices are mobile communications device and the request from the user is a request message received from a mobile communications device.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the digital content is stored in the one or more digital content storage devices.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein in the stored digital content comprises e-mail messages of the user contained in one or more e-mail accounts.
14 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the stored digital content is digital content selected from the group consisting of e-mail messages, news feeds, blogs, audio content, video content, and combinations thereof.
15 . The system of claim 8 wherein the one or more digital content storage devices are coupled to the digital content communication device through a communications network selected from the group consisting of the Internet, a wide area network, a local area network, an intranet, and combinations thereof.
16 . A machine-readable medium that provides executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user to communicate digital content;
accessing the digital content;
performing anti-abuse analysis of the digital content; and
communicating a portion of the digital content, based upon the anti-abuse analysis, in accordance with the request.
17 . The machine-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the anti-abuse analysis determines if the digital constitutes spam.
18 . The machine-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the anti-abuse analysis determines if the digital contains a virus.
19 . The machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the request from the user is a request message received from a mobile communications device.
20 . The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the digital content is stored in one or more digital content storage devices.
21 . The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein in the stored digital content comprises e-mail messages of the user contained in one or more e-mail accounts.
22 . The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the stored digital content is digital content selected from the group consisting of e-mail messages, news feeds, blogs, audio content, video content, and combinations thereof.