System and method for auto-formatting messages based on learned message templates

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016087925-A1
Application number	US-201414495064-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 24, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2014
Publication date	Mar 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure describes systems and methods for email management that leverages information derived from a sender's message activity with particular recipients in order to automatically format subsequent messages to those recipients according to the derived information. The present disclosure describes determining message templates associated with messages sent to repetitive recipients, and applying those determined templates upon composition of subsequent messages to the same recipients. Message templates comprise information associated with a message's settings, layout, message content, content type(s), a message type and the like. The determination of message templates and template information for application to messages being composed can be based on learned expressions and/or patterns from a sender's message activity or behavior. Additionally, the message templates can be utilized for monetization purposes in order to serve targeted advertisements when communicating with repetitive recipient users.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
monitoring, via a computing device on a network, communications sent from a first user to a second user, said monitoring comprising analyzing said communications to identify regular expressions within each message; compiling, via the computing device, a message template associated with the second user based on said identified regular expressions, said message template comprising information dictating how subsequent messages to said second user are to be formatted; monitoring, via the computing device, a mailbox of said first user, said monitoring comprising determining that said first user is drafting a new message to said second user; formatting, via the computing device, said new message based on said message template; and communicating, via the computing device over the network, said formatted message to said second user.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said message template is compiled based on said identified regular expressions occurring at a frequency satisfying a threshold.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that said communications to said second user are to be monitored when said communications comprise a plurality of messages being sent from the first user to the second user at a frequency satisfying a threshold.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said determination that said first user is drafting a new message to said second user is based upon said first user entering an identifier of the second user in said new message.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
storing said message template with said identifier of the second user in association with account information of said first user; and upon said determination that said first user is drafting said new message to said second user, retrieving said message template for application to said new message.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said regular expressions are selected from a group consisting of message settings, layout, message type, delivery instructions, content, content type, salutation, signature, language settings, font, font color and font type.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said regular expression comprises a sequence of data that forms a pattern within a message.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said monitoring said communications with said second user is based upon past message activity between said first user and said second user.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said message template is based on continuously monitoring message activity from the first user to the second user to determine an updated format of messages.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating an alert to said first user upon said determination that the new message is addressed to said second user, wherein said alert enables said first user to confirm said formatting of said new message.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said monitoring comprises analyzing all outgoing messages sent from said first user in order to identify message templates for other users satisfying a threshold.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining content associated with the formatted message, said content derived from message data associated with the formatted message; communicating said content to an advertisement platform for identification of an advertisement associated with said content; and communicating said identified advertisement to said second user for display in association with the display of the formatted message.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device, performs a method comprising:
monitoring, on a network, communications sent from a first user to a second user, said monitoring comprising analyzing said communications to identify regular expressions within each message; compiling a message template associated with the second user based on said identified regular expressions, said message template comprising information dictating how subsequent messages to said second user are to be formatted; monitoring a mailbox of said first user, said monitoring comprising determining that said first user is drafting a new message to said second user; formatting said new message based on said message template; and communicating, over the network, said formatted message to said second user.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein said message template is compiled based on said identified regular expressions occurring at a frequency satisfying a threshold.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising:
determining that said communications to said second user are to be monitored when said communications comprise a plurality of messages being sent from the first user to the second user at a frequency satisfying a threshold.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein said determination that said first user is drafting a new message to said second user is based upon said first user entering an identifier of the second user in said new message.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , further comprising:
storing said message template with said identifier of the second user in association with account information of said first user; and upon said determination that said first user is drafting said new message to said second user, retrieving said message template for application to said new message.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein said regular expression comprises a sequence of data that forms a pattern within a message.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising:
communicating an alert to said first user upon said determination that the new message is addressed to said second user, wherein said alert enables said first user to confirm said formatting of said new message.

20 . A computing device comprising:
a processor; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
monitoring logic executed by the processor for monitoring, on a network, communications sent from a first user to a second user, said monitoring comprising analyzing said communications to identify regular expressions within each message;
compiling logic executed by the processor for compiling a message template associated with the second user based on said identified regular expressions, said message template comprising information dictating how subsequent messages to said second user are to be formatted;
monitoring logic executed by the processor for monitoring a mailbox of said first user, said monitoring comprising determining that said first user is drafting a new message to said second user;
formatting logic executed by the processor for formatting said new message based on said message template; and
communication logic executed by the processor for communicating, over the network, said formatted message to said second user.

Assignees

• Yahoo Inc

Inventors

• Kalavagattu Aravind
• Vasudevan Sudharsan

Classifications

• H04L43/10

  Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route · CPC title

• H04L51/066

  Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L51/22 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/565 Primary

  Conversion or adaptation of application format or content (adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561) · CPC title