Intelligent Email Management and Modification System
The Intelligent Email Management and Modification System is a patented two-stage email security solution where a gateway intercepts and modifies incoming messages with embedded warnings and triggers before they reach the recipient’s network, and a gatekeeper then extracts these triggers inside or near the recipient’s system to enforce actions such as delivering with warnings, quarantining, or routing through further security processes.
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Intelligent Email Management and Modification System
Two-stage system where a gateway modifies messages with warnings and triggers, and a gatekeeper acts on them at or inside the recipient's perimeter.
Shield
How It Works
This system has two key components working together. First, a gateway computer system receives incoming electronic messages from a sender’s message system before they enter the recipient’s network perimeter. The gateway analyzes each message according to a set of warning criteria and modifies it—inserting management information, warnings, and triggers into the message content.
Second, a gatekeeper service—deployed either inside the recipient’s message system or outside its perimeter—receives the modified message, extracts the embedded trigger, and performs one or more actions based on what the trigger specifies. This two-stage architecture means the gateway can make intelligent decisions about message handling while the gatekeeper enforces those decisions at the appropriate layer.
Available actions include delivering the message with inserted warnings, holding it in quarantine with notification to administrators, or routing it through additional security workflows.
What Makes It Different
- Two-stage architecture: a gateway outside the perimeter modifies messages, and a gatekeeper—deployable inside or outside the recipient’s perimeter—acts on embedded triggers, enabling cross-organizational security enforcement.
- Pre-perimeter analysis: messages are analyzed and modified before they enter the recipient’s network, not after.
- Trigger-based actions: the gateway embeds triggers in modified messages that the gatekeeper extracts and acts upon, enabling sophisticated workflows.
- Message modification: inserts contextual warnings, security notices, and management information directly into email content while maintaining deliverability.
Why It Matters
Users are the last line of defense in email security, but they need context to make good decisions. This two-component system gives them that context—an external gateway adds intelligence to messages and a gatekeeper enforces it at whichever layer fits the deployment. The result is warning labels on suspicious emails, quarantine holds on risky content, and trigger-based actions that adapt to each message’s risk profile.
It’s the architecture that lets Shield™ operate across organizational boundaries, modifying and managing messages before they ever reach the inbox.
Patent Details
Official TitleComputerized System for Inserting Management Information into Electronic Communication Systems
Patent Number US 11,916,873 B1
Date FiledJuly 31, 2023
Date IssuedFebruary 27, 2024
Status Active
CategoryThreat Detection & Analysis
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