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Anti-spam transient entity classification

US9442881B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2011
Grant dateSep 13, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/2866
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments are directed towards multi-level entity classification. An object associated with an entity is received. In one embodiment the object comprises and email and the entity comprises the IP address of a sending email server. If the entity has already been classified, as indicated by an entity classification cache, then a corresponding action is taken on the object. However, if the entity has not been classified, the entity is submitted to a fast classifier for classification. A feature collector concurrently fetches available features, including fast features and full features. The fast classifier classifies the entity based on the fast features, storing the result in the entity classification cache. Subsequent objects associated with the entity are processed based on the cached result of the fast classifier. Then, a full classifier classifies the entity based on at least the full features, storing the result in the entity classification cache.

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