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Apparatus for preventing automatic generation of a chain reaction of messages if a prior extracted message is similar to current processed message

  • US 6,549,957 B1
  • Filed: 12/22/1998
  • Issued: 04/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of preventing maelstroms in computers and computer networks populated by entities capable of outputting messages automatically in response to incoming messages, comprising steps of:

  • for each message processed by an entity that has the potential to trigger an occurrence of a maelstrom, extracting information from the message for permitting that message or a similar message to be recognized;

    storing the extracted information for that message such that it is accessible by the entity;

    for each further message processed by the entity, comparing a currently processed message against the stored information for a set of messages that have been previously processed by the entity;

    if the stored information for a previously processed message matches exactly to the information extracted from the currently processed message, preventing the currently processed message from triggering the generation of a new message; and

    if the stored information for a previously processed message similarly matches, but does not exactly match, the information extracted from the currently processed message, preventing the currently processed message from triggering the generation of a new message.

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