Use of a bulk-email filter within a system for classifying messages for urgency or importance
First Claim
1. A system that filters received messages, comprising:
- a bulk filter to categorize one or more received messages according to a range of classification, the range spanning from at least a bulk classification of values to at least a non-bulk classification of values; and
at least a second filter to further classify the received messages in order to automatically facilitate processing of the messages.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate efficient and automated processing of messages. A bulk filter is provided to categorize one or more received messages according to a range of classification, the range spanning from at least a bulk classification of values to at least a non-bulk classification of values. A second filter is provided to further classify the received messages in order to automatically facilitate processing of the messages. The range of classification includes a continuum of values based on a likelihood that the received messages are determined to tend toward or fall within the bulk classification of values or toward/within the non-bulk classification of values. Also, the bulk filter or filters can include an adjustable threshold setting to determine or define differences between the bulk classifications and the non-bulk classifications. Various combinations of filters are possible including multiple filter arrangements, parallel arrangements, cascaded arrangements, and other arrangements to facilitate filtering and sorting of messages in order that users can more efficiently process such information in a timely manner. Applications include the enhancement of classification procedures for identifying urgent or important email from non-urgent or non-important email, with the combination of bulk-email filters with urgency or importance filters in cascaded and parallel filtering methodologies.
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33 Claims
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1. A system that filters received messages, comprising:
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a bulk filter to categorize one or more received messages according to a range of classification, the range spanning from at least a bulk classification of values to at least a non-bulk classification of values; and
at least a second filter to further classify the received messages in order to automatically facilitate processing of the messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21)
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3. The system of claim 3, the bulk filter further comprises an adjustable threshold setting to determine differences between the bulk classification if values and the non-bulk classification of values.
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22. A system that facilitates message filtering, comprising:
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means for automatically determining a message score for a bulk mailing message; and
means for filtering the message based upon the score and a predetermined threshold.
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23. A method that facilitates message processing, comprising:
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employing a first filter to determine a bulk message score for a message;
employing a second filter to determine an urgency score for the message; and
sorting the bulk message from other messages based upon at least one of the bulk message score and the urgency score. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method that facilitates message processing, comprising:
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employing a first filter to determine a bulk message score for a message;
employing a second filter to determine an importance score for the message; and
sorting the bulk message from other messages based upon at least one of the bulk message score and the importance score. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon, comprising:
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a first data field describing an electronic message;
a second data field describing a bulk score for the electronic message; and
a third data field describing an urgency score for the electronic message.
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