On December 2, 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Iconix its sixth patent titled “RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION.” The abstract for U.S. Patent 8,903,742, dated December 2, 2014, states: “Techniques are presented for uniquely identifying authentication associated with messages.” Iconix filed the patent on October 10, 2011.
Technology from this patent is used in all of the Iconix® offerings, including the Iconix Truemark® service, which helps protect consumer users from phishing attacks, and Iconix SP GuardTM, which protects enterprises from spear-phishing attacks. The Iconix services utilize the two main forms of email authentication – Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) – to verify the source of a message, and then highlight legitimate email messages with an icon in the inbox and open messages. This gives users an intuitive “visual ID” for email messages, thus allowing them to easily distinguish real from fake. The result is increased trust and confidence in email and increased safety for users and businesses.
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