US 10,592,497 B2Granted

Validating content from an original communication included in a new communication

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsBernadette A. Carter, Nikhil R. Parekh, Jacques-Marie Thrasybule, Cesar A. Wong

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Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system for validating content included in an electronic communication is disclosed. A computer receives a new communication that includes content from an original communication. The computer determines if the content included in the new communication includes a change to the original communication. In response to determining that the content includes the change to the original communication, the computer generates a validation score of the new communication, such that the validation score is determined by an amount of match between the content of the new communication and the original communication, and the extent to which the change alters a purport of the original communication.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for determining alterations made to a first communication, at least part of which is included in a second communication, the method comprising:

one or more processors analyzing content of a first communication and content of a second electronic communication;
in response to determining the second communication includes a quoted message of the content of the first communication, one or more processors determining whether the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication is altered from how the quoted message of the first communication appears in the first communication;
in response to determining the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication is altered from how the quoted message of the first communication appears in the first communication, one or more processors identifying alterations made to the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication;
one or more processors generating a validation score, wherein the validation score is based on an amount of alteration and a type of alteration of the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication, from the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the first communication;
and
one or more processors displaying a notification of the alteration made to the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication, and the validation score.

3 more elements

A computer program product for determining alterations made to a first communication, at least part of which is included in a second communication the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to analyze content of a first communication and content a second communication;
in response to determining the second communication includes a quoted message of the content of the first communication, program instructions to determine whether the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication is altered from how the quoted message of the first communication appears in the first communication;
in response to determining the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication is altered from how the quoted message of the first communication appears in the first communication, program instructions to identify alterations made to the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication;
program instructions to generate a validation score, wherein the validation score is based on an amount of alteration and a type of alteration of the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication, from the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the first communication;
and
program instructions to display a notification of the alteration made to the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication, and the validation score.

4 more elements

A computer system for determining alterations made to a first communication, at least part of which is included in a second communication the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to analyze content of a first communication and content a second communication;
in response to determining the second communication includes a quoted message of the content of the first communication, program instructions to determine whether the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication is altered from how the quoted message of the first communication appears in the first communication;
in response to determining the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication is altered from how the quoted message of the first communication appears in the first communication, program instructions to identify alterations made to the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication;
program instructions to generate a validation score, wherein the validation score is based on an amount of alteration and a type of alteration of the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication, from the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the first communication;
and
program instructions to display a notification of the alteration made to the quoted message of the first communication as it appears in the second communication, and the validation score.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/181,440Filed 14 Jun 2016 · continuation
Priority: 11 Feb 2013
Published: US 2016/0299939 A113 Oct 2016
Granted: 17 Mar 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 16/2365
Updating: ensuring data consistency and integrity
G06F 16/24578
With adaptation to user needs: using ranking
G06F 21/10
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting distributed…
G06Q 10/107
Office automation; Time management: computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Family

Application13/764,166Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Feb 2013
Application14/080,886Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Nov 2013
US 2016/0299939 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Oct 2016
US 9,397,967 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,191,344 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0229445 A1Published application
US 2014/0229551 A1Published application
US 10,592,497 B2This patent

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