Techniques to filter electronic mail based on language and country of origin
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a logic circuit; and
spam filtering logic operative on the logic circuit to;
detect a country of origin for an e-mail message to a recipient;
detect a language of the e-mail message;
assign a first score to the message according to a country frequency, wherein the country frequency indicates a frequency with which the recipient communicates with a country of origin by e-mail;
assign a second score to the message according to a language frequency, wherein the language frequency indicates a frequency with which the recipient communicates in a language by e-mail; and
filter the e-mail message according to the first score and the second score.
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Abstract
Techniques to detect spam using language and a country of origin of an e-mail may include receiving an e-mail message for a recipient, detecting a country of origin for the e-mail message and detecting a language of the e-mail message. A technique may further include determining a country frequency with which the recipient communicates with the country of origin by e-mail, and a language frequency with which the recipient communicates in the language by e-mail. A technique may assign a first score to the message according to the country frequency, and a second score to the message according to the language frequency. The scores may used to determine whether the e-mail message is spam. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a logic circuit; and spam filtering logic operative on the logic circuit to; detect a country of origin for an e-mail message to a recipient; detect a language of the e-mail message; assign a first score to the message according to a country frequency, wherein the country frequency indicates a frequency with which the recipient communicates with a country of origin by e-mail; assign a second score to the message according to a language frequency, wherein the language frequency indicates a frequency with which the recipient communicates in a language by e-mail; and filter the e-mail message according to the first score and the second score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving an e-mail message for a recipient; detecting a country of origin for the e-mail message; detecting a language of the e-mail message; determining at least one of a country frequency with which the recipient communicates with a country of origin by e-mail, or a language frequency with which the recipient communicates in a language by e-mail; assigning a first score to the message according to the country frequency; assigning a second score to the message according to the language frequency; and using the first score and the second score to determine whether the e-mail message is spam. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture comprising at least one computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
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detect a country of origin for a received e-mail message; detect a language of the e-mail message; determining at least one of a country frequency with which the recipient communicates with the country of origin by e-mail or a language frequency with which the recipient communicates in the language by e-mail; assigning a first score to the message according to the country frequency; assigning a second score to the message according to the language frequency; and using the first score and the second score to determine whether the e-mail message is spam. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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