EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES IN MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION

• US 20160099899A1
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SonicWALL US Holdings, Inc. (SonicWall Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Software, Inc. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Wilson, Brian K., Koblas, David A., Eikenberry, Scott D., Wieneke, Paul R., Uyeda, Damon K., Nufire, Tim, Oliver, Jonathan J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,674,126 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for routing a message through a plurality of test methods. The method includes: receiving a message; applying a first test method to the message; updating a state of the message based on the first test method; and determining a second test method to be applied to the message based on the state.

Claims

1. A method for routing a message through a plurality of test methods, the method comprising:

receiving a message at a network interface via a communication network; and

executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor;

applies a first test method to the received message, wherein application of the first test method results in an indeterminate classification of the received message,

selects one or more next test methods from a plurality of next test methods until all next test methods have been selected or until a determinate classification of the received message results from application of a next test method, the one or more next test methods selected for application to the received message, wherein a next test method more likely to result in a determinate classification is selected over a next test method less likely to result in a determinate classification, and

providing the received message for delivery to a user when all next test methods have been selected for application to the received message and application of the next test methods results in an indeterminate classification of the received message.