Method and apparatus for the automatic identification of unsolicited e-mail messages (SPAM)
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1. A method for annotating a query email message, the method comprising the steps of:
- accessing patterns associated with a database comprising annotated email messages;
assigning attributes to the patterns based on the annotated email messages; and
using the patterns with assigned attributes to analyze the query email message.
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Abstract
Techniques for annotating email messages. In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for annotating a query email message. According to the method, patterns associated with a database, comprising annotated email messages, which may typically be known unwelcome email messages (“SPAM), are accessed, as by use of a pattern discovery algorithm (e.g. the Teiresias pattern algorithm). Attributes are assigned to the patterns based on the annotated SPAM email messages. The patterns with assigned attributes are used to analyze the query email message.
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1. A method for annotating a query email message, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing patterns associated with a database comprising annotated email messages;
assigning attributes to the patterns based on the annotated email messages; and
using the patterns with assigned attributes to analyze the query email message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus for annotating a query email message, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and
at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to;
access patterns associated with a database comprising annotated email messages;
assign attributes to the patterns based on the annotated email messages; and
use the patterns with assigned attributes to analyze the query email message. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An article of manufacture for annotating a query email message, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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accessing patterns associated with a database comprising annotated email messages;
assigning attributes to the patterns based on the annotated email messages; and
using the patterns with assigned attributes to analyze the query email message. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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