System and method for generating new message templates

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a computing device, perform a method comprising:

• identifying, via the computing device, a first message associated with an inbox of a user;
• identifying, via the computing device, based on an identifier of the user, a known message template associated with said inbox, said known message template comprising information indicating a message layout of known messages from particular types of senders;
• analyzing, via the computing device, said first message, and based on said analysis, identifying message data, said message data comprising information indicating a regular expression associated with a type of sender of said first message;
• comparing, via the computing device, the message data of the first message with said known message template;
• determining, via the computing device, based on said comparison, that said first message is an unknown message, said determination comprising identifying that said first message comprises a layout that differs from a layout of the known message template by a threshold degree, such that said regular expression information is at least located at a different location within the first message from the location where similar types of content are located within the known message template;
• generating, via the computing device, a new message template based on said message data, said new message template comprising a layout of said first message;
• and
• storing, via the computing device, said new message template.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
• logic executed by the processor for identifying a first message associated with an inbox of a user;
• logic executed by the processor for identifying based on an identifier of the user, a known message template associated with said inbox, said known message template comprising information indicating a message layout of known messages from particular types of senders;
• logic executed by the processor for analyzing said first message, and based on said analysis, identifying message data, said message data comprising information indicating a regular expression associated with a type of sender of said first message;
• logic executed by the processor for comparing the message data of the first message with said known message template;
• logic executed by the processor for determining based on said comparison, that said first message is an unknown message, said determination comprising identifying that said first message comprises a layout that differs from a layout of the known message template by a threshold degree, such that said regular expression information is at least located at a different location within the first message from the location where similar types of content are located within the known message template;
• logic executed by the processor for generating a new message template based on said message data, said new message template comprising a layout of said first message;
• and
• logic executed by the processor for storing said new message template.