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US 7,373,385 B2Granted
Method and apparatus to block spam based on spam reports from a community of users
AssigneeCloudmark, Inc.
InventorVipul Ved Prakash
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for operating a server is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of reports from a community of users, each report identifying an email message as spam or not spam; and determining if the email message is spam based on a number of the reports received from the community of users, and a trust factor associated with each user.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- a community of users generating a plurality of reports, said generating comprising, for each of the plurality of reports,
- generating at least one signature based on a content of an email message,
- adding the at least one signature to a respective report;
- and
- identifying the email message as spam or not spam in the respective report;
- receiving the plurality of reports from the community of users;
- and
- determining if the email message is spam based on a number of the reports received from the community of users, and a trust factor associated with each user.
5 more elements
A server, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, comprising:
- generating a plurality of reports in response to requests from a community of users, said generating comprising, for each of the plurality of reports,
- generating at least one signature based on a content of an email message,
- adding the at least one signature to a respective report;
- and
- identifying the email message as spam or not spam in the respective report;
- receiving the plurality of reports from the community of users;
- and
- determining if the email message is spam based on a number of the reports received from the community of users, and a trust factor associated with each user.
8 more elements
A recordable-type medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- generating a plurality of reports in response to requests from a community of users, said generating comprising, for each of the plurality of reports,
- generating at least one signature based on a content of an email message,
- adding the at least one signature to a respective report;
- and
- identifying the email message as spam or not spam in the respective report;
- receiving the plurality of reports from the community of users;
- and
- determining if the email message is spam based on a number of the reports received from the community of users, and a trust factor associated with each user.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.