Email filtering system and method
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1. A system for filtering email messages, comprising:
- a) a Sender, having an ability to send an email message, b) a Recipient, having an ability to receive said email message, c) an Email Filter, having an ability to intercept said email message sent from said Sender to said Recipient, having an ability to extract a link from said email message, and having an ability to route said email message, and d) a Link Characterization Means, having an ability to produce a desirability value for said link.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of the present invention allow filtering out spam and phishing email messages based on the links embedded into the email messages. In a preferred embodiment, an Email Filter extracts links from the email message and obtains desirability values for the links. The Email Filter may route the email message based on desirability values. Such routing includes delivering the email message to a Recipient, delivering the message to a Quarantine Mailbox, or deleting the message.
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91 Claims
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1. A system for filtering email messages, comprising:
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a) a Sender, having an ability to send an email message, b) a Recipient, having an ability to receive said email message, c) an Email Filter, having an ability to intercept said email message sent from said Sender to said Recipient, having an ability to extract a link from said email message, and having an ability to route said email message, and d) a Link Characterization Means, having an ability to produce a desirability value for said link. - 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)
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29. A system for filtering email messages, comprising:
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a) a Sender, having an ability to send an email message, b) a Recipient, having an ability to receive said email message, and c) a Filtering Means, having an ability to intercept said email message sent from said Sender to said Recipient, having an ability to extract a link from said email message, having an ability to produce a desirability value for said link, and having an ability to route said email message. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method, comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving an email message, b) extracting a link from said email message, c) obtaining a desirability value for said link, and d) routing said email message based on said desirability value. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A method, comprising the steps of:
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a) a Sender transmitting an email message addressed to a Recipient, b) an Email Filter receiving said email message, c) said Email Filter extracting a link from said email message, d) a Link Characterization Means determining a desirability value for said link, and e) said Email Filter routing said email message based on said desirability value. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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