Method for providing a best guess for an intended recipient of a message

• US 7,050,822 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2002
• Issued: 05/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kraft, Christian, Nielsen, Peter Dam
• Primary Examiner(s): Gesesse, Tilahun
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRINH, TAN H
• Application Number:
  US10/284,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: 455/553, 455/564, 455/565, 455/414, 455/418, 455/466, 455/412.1, 709/206, 709/226, 709/227, 709/207, 709/246, 345/173
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present invention is a method for providing a best guess for a recipient of a message. The method includes identifying a pattern in the message; searching for the pattern in a pattern list comprising one or more patterns for each addressee in an address list; registering an addressee in a hit list when the pattern is in the pattern list; and determining a first addressee from the hit list and providing the first addressee as a best guess as a recipient of the message.

Claims

1. A method for providing a best guess for a recipient of a message comprising:

(a) identifying a pattern in the message;

(b) searching for the pattern in a pattern list comprising one or more patterns for each addressee in an address list;

(c) registering an addressee in a hit list when the pattern is in the pattern list; and

(d) determining a first addressee from the hit list and providing the first addressee as a best guess as a recipient of the message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pattern is identified in the message using a parser.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message comprises at least one of text matter, images, at least one series of images, video streams, at least one series of video streams, audio recordings, at least one series of audio recordings.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message comprises at least one of a short message service format, an unstructured supplementary service data, a multimedia messaging format, and an e-mail format.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pattern comprises at least one of key words, key sounds and key image characteristics.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the key words comprise at least one of names, unique words or a constellation of symbols or numbers, words beyond a predetermined length, and words in a foreign language.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the method is implemented in a communication terminal.

8. A method in accordance with claim 7, wherein the communication terminal comprises a cellular or mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, or any combination thereof.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising recording of the pattern in the pattern list for a specific addressee in the address list.

10. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining a second addressee in the hit list and providing the second addressee as a second best guess for a recipient of the message.

11. The method according to claim 1, comprising a range of addressees in the hit list and providing a prioritized guess for the range of addressees, the range comprising 1 to 10 addressees in the hit list.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pattern list comprises a range of patterns for each addressee in the address list comprising from 1 pattern to 20 patterns.

13. The method according to claim 1, comprising weighting identified pattems in accordance with a weighting scheme.

14. The method according to claim 1, comprising measuring a frequency of patterns used for an addressee in the address list.

15. A system for providing a best guess for a recipient of a message comprising:

(a) a first user interface for enabling an user of the system to record the message;

(b) an identification module for identifying a pattern in the message;

(c) an address list comprising one or more records arid a pattern list for recording the pattern and for associating the pattern with a record of the one or more records; and

(d) a suggestion module for presenting the record associated with the pattern on a second user interface.

16. A system according to claim 15, wherein the system comprises a communication terminal.

17. A system in accordance with claim 16, wherein the communication terminal comprises a cellular or mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, or any combination thereof.

18. A system according to claim 16, wherein the identification module records the pattern concurrently with the user recording the message.

19. A system according to claim 16, wherein the identification module identifies the pattern and records the pattern temporarily in a cell.

20. A system according to claim 15, wherein the identification module identifies the pattern and records the pattern by at least one of linking a pointer to the pattern, copying the pattern, recording position of the pattern in the message, or any combination thereof.

21. A system according to claim 15, wherein each record of the one or more records in the address list comprises at least one of a name, street address, telephone number and an email address.

22. A system according to claim 15, wherein the identification module determines whether the pattern is present in the pattern list, and if the pattern list does not comprise the pattern, then the pattern is recorded in the pattern list.

23. A system according to claim 15, wherein the pattern list associates an unrecorded pattern identified in the message with a first record, when a user of the system selects the first record as recipient of the message.