US Patent 10237303 Prevalence-based reputations

In an example, there is disclosed a method and system for calculating an object's trust level for security purposes based on prevalence in a context-aware network. In an embodiment, as objects are accessed, a client queries a domain master such as a reputation server to evaluate the object's reputation. The domain master may maintain a prevalence-based reputation database, which may be updated as new clients report object prevalences.