Message classification using legitimate contact points

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8935348-B2
Application number	US-201313913413-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2013
Priority date	Feb 20, 2003
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for classifying a message. The method includes receiving the message, identifying all items of a certain type in the message, determining whether each of the items meets a criterion, and in the event that all the items are determined to meet the criterion, determining a classification of the message. The system includes an interface configured to receive the message, a processor coupled to the interface, configured to identify all items of a certain type in the message; determine whether each of the items meets a criterion; and in the event that all the items are determined to meet the criterion, determine a classification of the message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for classifying a message based on contact points, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of signatures in a database in memory, each of the signatures corresponding to a contact point previously identified as non-spam;
receiving a message over a communication network, the message including one or more contact points; and
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
extracts a plurality of c…

Assignees

• Sonicwall Inc

Inventors

• Oliver Jonathan J
• Koblas David A
• Wilson Brian K

Classifications

• H04L51/212 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F17/30495 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L12/585

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/12

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F16/24558 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic