Apparatus for preventing automatic generation of a chain reaction of messages if a prior extracted message is similar to current processed message
US6549957B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/107
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital data processing system is provided with an information extracting portion or step for extracting information from each message processed by an entity of the system, where the extracted information permits that message or a similar message to be recognized. The system further includes a storage portion or step of storing the extracted information in a database of extracted information. The database has the extracted information for each message stored in an entry associated with the message. The invention further provides a comparison portion or step for comparing each message received or originated by the entity against the database entries stored in the storage segment and, if an entry is found to be sufficiently similar to the received message, for preventing the received message from triggering the generation and forwarding of a new message, thereby avoiding the creation of a network chain reaction or a maelstrom.
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