US 12,137,104 B2
System and method for verifying the identity of email senders to improve email security within an organization
Hoala Greevy, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Paubox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Paubox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/230,019.
Application 18/230,019 is a continuation of application No. 17/127,930, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,765,185.
Application 17/127,930 is a continuation of application No. 16/944,091, filed on Jul. 30, 2020, granted, now 10,904,266, issued on Jan. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/880,511, filed on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388316 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/126 (2013.01) [H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
intercepting an email addressed to a recipient within an organization, the email received from an inbound email address and comprising an inbound display name;
characterizing a display name difference between the inbound display name and a verified display name defined for a first entity associated with the organization; and
in response to the display name difference falling below a threshold difference:
in response to a set of verified email addresses, associated with the first entity, omitting the inbound email address:
withholding transmission of the email to the recipient.