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System, method, and computer program product for filtering messages and training a classification module

US8180834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2005
Grant dateMay 15, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/107
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and subcombinations thereof for filtering received messages. The invention includes a client system having filtering logic, a statistical classifier module, and a classifier database. The classifier module is automatically trained, without manual intervention, when the score generated by the classifier for a received message is inconsistent with a user-defined authoritative status indication. In addition, the classifier module is initialized using user-identified messages in a ratio representative of the ratio of non-spam to spam messages received by the user.

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