USING DISTINGUISHING PROPERTIES TO CLASSIFY MESSAGES
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1. A method for classifying messages, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic message over a communication network; and
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor;
scans the received electronic message to identify candidate sections that include top-level domains,identifies one or more top-level domain names in each candidate section,determines whether to include or exclude each domain name as a distinguishing feature based on detected presence of required characters and detected presence of forbidden characters, wherein the received electronic message is associated with a set of distinguishing features, andgenerates a signature based on the set of distinguishing features; and
storing the generated signature in memory for comparison to subsequent electronic messages.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for classifying a message. The method includes receiving the message, identifying in the message a distinguishing property; generating a signature using the distinguishing property; and comparing the signature to a database of signatures generated by previously classified messages.
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1. A method for classifying messages, the method comprising:
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receiving an electronic message over a communication network; and executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor; scans the received electronic message to identify candidate sections that include top-level domains, identifies one or more top-level domain names in each candidate section, determines whether to include or exclude each domain name as a distinguishing feature based on detected presence of required characters and detected presence of forbidden characters, wherein the received electronic message is associated with a set of distinguishing features, and generates a signature based on the set of distinguishing features; and
storing the generated signature in memory for comparison to subsequent electronic messages.
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Current AssigneeQuest Software, Inc.
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Original AssigneeDell Software, Inc. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
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InventorsWilson, Brian K., Penzias, Arno A., Koblas, David A.
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Granted Patent
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Time in Patent OfficeDays
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Field of Search
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US Class Current1/1
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CPC Class CodesG06F 16/245 Query processingG06F 16/285 Clustering or classificationG06F 16/9535 Search customisation based ...H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in p...H04L 51/212 using filtering or selectiv...
