Using message sampling to determine the most frequent words in a user mailbox
US8032537B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/44
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is presented for generating a list of frequently used words for an email application on a server computer. When a request is received for a word frequency list for emails stored in a user's mailbox, a word frequency list is returned if one exists. If the word frequency list does not exist, an asynchronous process is started on the server computer to generate a word frequency list. If the word frequency list exists but it is older than an aging limit, an asynchronous process is started on the server computer to regenerate the word frequency list. The word frequency list is stored in the user's mailbox along with a timestamp indicating the date and time that the list was created or updated.
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