Efficient use of resources in message classification
AssigneeQuest Software, Inc.
InventorsBrian K. Wilson, David A. Koblas, Scott D. Eikenberry, Paul R. Wieneke, Damon K. Uyeda, Tim Nufire, Jonathan J. Oliver
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for routing a message through a plurality of test methods. The method includes: receiving a message; applying a first test method to the message; updating a state of the message based on the first test method; and determining a second test method to be applied to the message based on the state.
Claims20
A method for testing received messages, the method comprising:
- receiving a first message at a computer network interface before the first message is delivered to a recipient;
- identifying a first test from a plurality of available tests for detecting spam content, wherein the first test is identified as having the lowest resource cost;
- applying the identified test to the first message to identify that content in the first message includes spam content;
- and
- stopping the first message from being delivered to the recipient based on the identification that the first message includes the spam content.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for testing received messages, the method comprising:
- receiving a first message at a computer network interface before the first message is delivered to a recipient;
- identifying a first test from a plurality of available tests for detecting spam content, wherein the first test is identified as having the lowest resource cost;
- applying the identified test to the first message to identify that content in the first message includes spam content;
- and
- stopping the first message from being delivered to the recipient based on the identification that the first message includes the spam content.
An apparatus for testing received messages, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer network interface that receives a first message the first message is delivered to a recipient;
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- a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor:
- identifies a first test from a plurality of available tests for detecting spam content, wherein the first test is identified as having the lowest resource cost,
- applies the identified test to the first message to identify that content in the first message includes spam content, and
- stops the first message from being delivered to the recipient based on the identification that the first message includes the spam content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.