Tagging communication files based on historical association of tags

A computer program product for associating an email with a tag, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code stored thereon, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive a tag corresponding to an email attribute, wherein the email attribute is a historical email tag;
• computer readable program code configured to store the tag to a record keyed by the email attribute;
• computer readable program code configured to receive an email tag request, the email tag request having a word attribute, wherein the word attribute is a subject line word or a body word;
• computer readable program code configured to look up at least one record based on the word attribute to find the tag;
• computer readable program code configured to present the tag of the at least one record to a user;
• computer readable program code configured to receive a user selection of the tag to form a selected tag;
• computer readable program code configured to send an email having the selected tag as part of a header of the email, wherein the email comprises the email tag request;
• computer readable program code configured to select a weighted word that weighs above a threshold to form a frequent word attribute;
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• computer readable program code configured to select frequent co-occurrence records based on the frequent word attribute having a hit count above a hit threshold among records to form the tag, wherein the computer readable program code configured to present the tag comprises computer readable program code configured to present the tag of a record having a highest co-occurrence.

A computer system for associating an email with a tag, the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable memory;
• a computer readable storage device containing program instructions;
• first program instructions to receive a tag corresponding to an email attribute;
• second program instructions to store the tag to a record keyed by the email attribute;
• third program instructions to receive an email tag request, the email tag request having a word attribute, wherein the word attribute is a word selected from a group consisting of subject line word, body word and email tag;
• fourth program instructions to look up at least one record based on the word attribute to find the tag;
• fifth program instructions to present the tag of the at least one record to a user;
• sixth program instructions to receive a user selection of the tag to form a selected tag;
• seventh program instructions to send an email having the selected tag as part of a header of the email, wherein the email comprises the email tag request;
• eighth program instructions to select a weighted word that weighs above a threshold to form a frequent word attribute;
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• ninth program instructions to select frequent co-occurrence records based on the frequent word attribute having a hit count above a hit threshold among records to form the tag,
• wherein the fifth program instructions to present the tag comprise program instructions to present the tag of a record having a highest co-occurrence;
• and wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.