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Using a prediction algorithm on the addressee field in electronic mail systems

US7660855B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Andreas Arning · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
Roland Seiffert · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2003
Grant date	Feb 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L51/48
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computerized method for predicting/completing the addressee field in an electronic mail system, in which user-related history information, including the user's sent and/or received mail, is analyzed, using text mining and/or data mining techniques, for associating the most probable addressee for a given e-mail letter.

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