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US 2011/0035451 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Spam Filtering
AssigneeXobni Corporation
InventorsAdam Michael SMITH, Joshua Robert Russell JACOBSON
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Abstract
Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to identify false positives.
Claims20
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- scanning, by a computer, a set of messages that are classified by a spam filter as spam;
- determining, by the computer, one or more false positive spam messages from the set of messages classified as spam;
- and
- presenting, by the computer, a list to identify the one or more false positive spam messages to a user.
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A user terminal, comprising:
- a storage device to store for a user a first set of messages and a second set of messages, the second set of messages being classified by a spam filter as spam;
- a profile builder to scan the first set of messages to identify a plurality of addresses, and to identify names of persons at the addresses to generate profiles of the persons;
- and
- a false spam rescuer to compare addresses used in the second set of messages with addresses in the profiles, and to identify a false positive in the second set of messages in spam filtering if a message in the second set of messages is from an address in the profiles.
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A tangible machine readable storage media storing a set of instructions, the instructions causing a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- scanning, by the processor in an automated way, a set of messages of a user to identify a plurality of addresses used in the messages;
- identifying names of persons at the addresses to generate profiles of the persons;
- and
- filtering spam messages out of incoming messages for the user using the profiles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.