Message categorization

• US 9,954,810 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2015
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Osipkov, Ivan, Jiang, Wei, Davis, Malcolm Hollis, Hines, Douglas, Korb, Joshua
• Primary Examiner(s): Baturay, Alicia
• Application Number:
  US14/803,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20150326521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a message behavior profile for a sender, which may be used to categorize messages from the sender. A message behavior profile may be defined based upon, for example, message distribution behavior of the sender (e.g., volume, frequency, variance in content amongst messages sent to recipients, etc.); recipient interactions with messages from the sender (e.g., message read rates, message response rates, etc.); unsubscription options comprised within messages from the sender; and/or other factors. In this way, the message behavior profile and/or features extracted from a message may be used to categorize a message from the sender (e.g., newsletter, commercial advertisements, alert, social network etc.). Categorized messages may be organized into folders, displayed or hidden within views, and/or processed based upon their respective categorizations.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

defining a message behavior profile for a sender, the message behavior profile comprising;

a message read rate corresponding to a number of messages sent by the sender relative to a number of the messages read by a plurality of recipients;

a message response rate corresponding to a number of the plurality of recipients that respond to a message of the number of messages sent by the sender, wherein responding to the message of the number of messages comprises one of sending a response to the message to the sender or forwarding the message to another recipient; and

based on the message behavior profile, categorizing the message sent by the sender and received by a plurality of recipients.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising associating the sender with an IP address and categorizing a message from the IP address based upon the message behavior profile.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising associating the sender with a domain and categorizing a message from the domain based upon the message behavior profile.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising associating the sender with an email address and categorizing a message from the email address based upon the message behavior profile.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising associating the sender with a user account and categorizing a message from the user account based upon the message behavior profile.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising associating the sender with a digital certificate and categorizing a message associated with the digital certificate based upon the message behavior profile.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising associating the sender with a phone number and categorizing a message from the phone number based upon the message behavior profile.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more processing units; and

memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least one of the one or more processing units perform a method comprising;

defining a message behavior profile for a sender, the message behavior profile comprising;

a message read rate corresponding to a number of messages sent by the sender relative to a number of the messages read by a plurality of recipients; and

a message response rate corresponding to a number of the plurality of recipients that respond to the messages sent by the sender; and

based on the message behavior profile, categorizing a message sent by the sender and received by a plurality of recipients.

9. The system of claim 8, the method comprising associating the sender with an IP address and categorizing a message from the IP address based upon the message behavior profile.

10. The system of claim 8, the method comprising associating the sender with a domain and categorizing a message from the domain based upon the message behavior profile.

11. The system of claim 8, the method comprising associating the sender with an email address and categorizing a message from the email address based upon the message behavior profile.

12. The system of claim 8, the method comprising associating the sender with a user account and categorizing a message from the user account based upon the message behavior profile.

13. The system of claim 8, the method comprising associating the sender with a digital certificate and categorizing a message associated with the digital certificate based upon the message behavior profile.

14. The system of claim 8, the method comprising associating the sender with a phone number and categorizing a message from the phone number based upon the message behavior profile.

15. A computer readable device comprising instructions that when executed perform a method, comprising:

defining a message behavior profile for a sender, the message behavior profile comprising;

a message read rate corresponding to a number of messages sent by the sender relative to a number of messages read by a plurality of recipients;

a message response rate corresponding to a number of the plurality of recipients that respond to a message of the number of messages sent by the sender, wherein responding to the message of the number of messages comprises one of sending a response to the message to the sender or forwarding the message to another recipient; and

based on the message behavior profile, categorizing the message sent by the sender and received by a plurality of recipients.

16. The computer readable device of claim 15, the method comprising associating the sender with an IP address and categorizing a message from the IP address based upon the message behavior profile.

17. The computer readable device of claim 15, the method comprising associating the sender with a domain and categorizing a message from the domain based upon the message behavior profile.

18. The computer readable device of claim 15, the method comprising associating the sender with an email address and categorizing a message from the email address based upon the message behavior profile.

19. The computer readable device of claim 15, the method comprising associating the sender with a user account and categorizing a message from the user account based upon the message behavior profile.

20. The computer readable device of claim 15, the method comprising associating the sender with a digital certificate and categorizing a message associated with the digital certificate based upon the message behavior profile.