Method and system for predicting future email

• US 10,397,152 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Karnin, Zohar, Maarek, Yoelle, Wajc, David, Gamzu, Iftah
• Primary Examiner(s): Joshi, Suraj M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Means, Jaren
• Application Number:
  US14/291,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350132A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,915 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

Disclosed is a system, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for predicting future messages. A processor receives a message sent to a user operating a client device, analyzes the message in light of previously identified patterns and scores assigned to scanned messages, determines a future message that should be received by the client device based on the received message, and transmits an item of information based on the determined future message.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

scanning, by a processor, a plurality of email messages from a plurality of email message inboxes;

identifying, by the processor, patterns based upon an analysis of scanned email messages, wherein a pattern identifies a temporal and causal connection between at least two email messages;

receiving, by the processor, a message sent to a user operating a client device;

determining, by the processor, likely content of a future email message that should be received in an inbox of the client device based on the received email message and based on the patterns, wherein the future email message comprises an email message not yet received and expected to be received by the client device from a third-party email account within a predetermined amount of time from a time associated with the email message based on the patterns; and

transmitting, by the processor, an item of information based on the determined likely content of the future email message, the item of information transmitted to user separate from and prior to actual receipt of the future email message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the item of information further comprises transmitting a notification.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying, by the processor, templates from the plurality of scanned email messages.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining, by the processor, whether the scanned email messages are created by spontaneous appearance, created by appearance due to temporal event, or created by appearance due to a previous email message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the identifying of templates from the plurality of scanned email messages is an offline process occurring before the receiving of the email message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning, by the processor, a score to email messages in the scanned email messages.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of an item of information further comprises transmitting a notification that the user should be receiving the future email message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of an item of information further comprises transmitting a targeted advertisement related to the likely content of the future email message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the scanning of a plurality of email messages from a plurality of email message inboxes is an offline process occurring before the receiving of the email message.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the processor, an advertisement.

11. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a memory device for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

scanning logic executed by the processor for scanning a plurality of email messages from a plurality of email message inboxes;

pattern identification logic executed by the processor for identifying patterns based upon an analysis of scanned email messages, wherein a pattern identifies a temporal and causal connection between at least two email messages;

receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving an email message sent to a user operating a client device;

determining logic executed by the processor for determining likely content of a future email message that should be received in an inbox of the client device based on the patterns, wherein the future email message comprises an email message expected to be received by the client device from a third-party email account within a predetermined amount of time from a time associated with the email message based on the patterns; and

transmitting logic executed by the processor for transmitting an item of information based on the determined likely content of the future email message, the item of information transmitted to user separate from and prior to actual receipt of the future email message.

12. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying templates from the plurality of scanned email messages.

13. The computing device of claim 12, further comprising creation determining logic executed by the processor for determining whether the scanned email messages are created by spontaneous appearance, created by appearance due to temporal event, or created by appearance due to a previous email message.

14. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising assigning logic executed by the processor for assigning a score to email messages in the scanned email messages.

15. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the transmitting logic for transmitting the item of information further comprises notification transmitting logic executed by the processor for transmitting a notification that the user should be receiving the future email message.

16. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the transmitting logic for transmitting the item of information further comprises advertisement transmitting logic executed by the processor for transmitting a targeted advertisement related to the likely content of the future email message.

17. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the scanning logic for scanning a plurality of email messages from a plurality of email message inboxes is an offline process occurring before the receiving of the email message.

18. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the transmitting logic for transmitting the item of information further comprises transmitting logic for transmitting a notification.

19. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising second transmitting logic for transmitting an advertisement.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:

scanning, by the processor, a plurality of email messages from a plurality of email message inboxes;

identifying, by the processor, patterns based upon an analysis of scanned email messages, wherein a pattern identifies a temporal and causal connection between at least two email messages;

receiving, by the processor, an email message sent to a user operating a client device;

determining, by the processor, likely content of a future email message that should be received in an inbox of the client device based on the received email message and based on the patterns, wherein the future email message comprises an email message expected to be received by the client device from a third-party email account within a predetermined amount of time from a time associated with the email message based on the patterns; and

transmitting, by the processor, an item of information based on the determined likely content of the future email message, the item of information transmitted to user separate from and prior to actual receipt of the future email message.