US 11,057,334 B2Granted

Message classification and management

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsPaul M. Midgen, Vasantha K. Vemula, Krishna Vitaldevara, Jason D. Walter, Eliot C. Gillum, Mihai Costea, Douglas J. Hines, Wei Jiang, Malcolm H. Davis, Samuel J. L. Albert, Michael James Ahiakpor

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Abstract

Message management and classification techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a message received from a sender for delivery via a user account is examined to extract one or more features of the message. A determination is then made as to whether the message corresponds to one or more categories based on the extracted features, the categories usable to enable features to be applied to the message in a user interface.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computing apparatus comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media;
a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media;
and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
categorize, based on one or more features of a message, the message into a first category and a second category that is distinguished from the first category;
responsive to determining that the message corresponds to the first category and the second category, generate a user interface comprising:
a first functionality, based at least on a threshold of the first category, selectable for implementation;
and
a second functionality, based at least on a threshold of the second category that is distinguished from the threshold of the first category, selectable for implementation;
responsive to a selection associated with the message, enable display of the user interface;
and
responsive to a selection of the first functionality, implement the first functionality only in the first category.

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Facts

Application: 15/047,595Filed 18 Feb 2016 · continuation
Priority: 30 Sep 2011
Published: US 2016/0173434 A116 Jun 2016
Granted: 6 Jul 2021
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Classification10 codes

H04L 51/42
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail:…
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 16/287
Clustering or classification: visualization; Browsing

Family

Application13/250,664Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Sep 2011
US 2016/0173434 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Jun 2016
US 9,292,600 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0086180 A1Published application
US 11,057,334 B2This patent

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