Message guardian

• US 10,826,854 B1
• Filed: 05/06/2015
• Issued: 11/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Riley, Marcus T
• Application Number:
  US14/705,231
• Time in Patent Office: 2,008 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/226 Validation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063118 Staff planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 : specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

An apparatus, process, and computer program to prevent inappropriate messages originated from a client device is provided. A validation message that includes a message composed by a user may be received from a client device. A determination is made as to whether the composed message comprises data that matches with one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, and/or objects. A notification is sent to the client device when the composed message comprises data that matches with one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, and/or objects.

Claims

1. A process, comprising:

receiving, by a system, a message composed by a user of a client device;

determining, by the system, whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, wherein the determining occurs as the user types the message;

when the message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, assigning a code to the message, by the system, wherein the code identifies a respective reason that the message failed validation; and

transmitting, by the system, a notification back to the user composing the message when the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, or objects, the notification comprising a section of the message where the validation failed, the code, and a reason for failure associated with the code.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, comprises:

parsing the data in the composed message to determine whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein the determining whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof further comprises:

determining whether the data matches one or more inappropriate terms.

4. The process of claim 2, wherein the determining whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof further comprises:

determining whether the data matches one or more inappropriate phrases.

5. The process of claim 2, wherein the determining whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof further comprises:

determining whether the data matches one or more inappropriate objects.

6. The process of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises data matching the inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof.

7. The process of claim 1, wherein the notification further comprises suggested terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof to replace data matching the inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

memory comprising a set of instructions, wherein

the set of instructions, with the processor, is configured to cause the apparatus to;

receive, from a client device, a validation message comprising a message composed by a user of the client device,

determine whether the composed message comprises data that matches with one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, wherein the determining occurs as the user types the message,

when the message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, assign a code to the message, wherein the code identifies a respective reason that the message failed validation, and

send a notification back to the client device of the user composing the message when the composed message comprises data that matches with one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, or objects, the notification comprising a section of the message where the validation failed, the code, and a reason for failure associated with the code.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the set of instructions, with the processor, is further configured to cause the apparatus to parse the data in the composed message to determine whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the set of instructions, with the processor, is further configured to cause the apparatus to determine whether the parsed data matches the one or more inappropriate terms.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the set of instructions, with the processor, is further configured to cause the apparatus to determine whether the parsed data matches the one or more inappropriate phrases.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the set of instructions, with the processor, is further configured to cause the apparatus to determine whether the parsed data matches one or more inappropriate objects.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the notification comprises the data matching the one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof.

14. The process of claim 8, wherein the notification further comprises suggested terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof to replace the data that matches the inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or the combination thereof.

15. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program is configured to cause a processor to:

receive, from a client device, a validation message comprising a message composed by a user of the client device;

determine whether the composed message comprises data that matches with one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, wherein the determining occurs as the user types the message;

when the message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, assign a code to the message, wherein the code identifies a respective reason that the message failed validation; and

send a notification back to the client device of the user composing the message when the composed message comprises data that matches with one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, the notification comprising a section of the message where the validation failed, the code, and a reason for failure associated with the code.

16. The computer program of claim 15, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the processor to parse the data in the composed message to determine whether the composed message comprises inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof.

17. The computer program of claim 16, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the processor to cause the apparatus to determine whether the parsed data matches the one or more inappropriate terms.

18. The computer program of claim 16, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the processor to determine whether the parsed data matches the one or more inappropriate phrases.

19. The computer program of claim 16, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the processor to determine whether the parsed data matches one or more inappropriate objects.

20. The computer program of claim 15, wherein the notification comprises the data matching the one or more inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof.

21. The computer program of claim 15, wherein the notification further comprises suggested terms, phrases, objects, or a combination thereof, to replace the data that matches the inappropriate terms, phrases, objects, or the combination thereof.