Smart digital message archival

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9317417-B2
Application number	US-201313888727-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2013
Priority date	May 7, 2013
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A device may receive information identifying an attribute to be used when determining whether to archive a digital message. The attribute may be associated with the digital message. The device may determine an attribute value based on the attribute and the digital message. The device may determine an archival weight corresponding to the attribute. The device may compute an archival score for the digital message. The archival score may be based on the attribute value and the archival weight. The device may determine that the archival score satisfies a threshold. The device may archive the digital message based on determining that the archival score satisfies the threshold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
one or more processors to:
receive information identifying an attribute to be used when determining whether to archive a digital message,
the attribute being associated with the digital message;

determine an attribute value, for each of a plurality of digital messages, based on the attribute and a respective digital message of the plurality of digital messages;
provide a user interface for adjusting an archival weight value corresponding to the attribute while the user interface displays the plurality of digital messages,
the user interface including a visual representation of the archival weight value;

receive user input, via the user interface, that adjusts the archival weight value corresponding to the attribute;
compute an archival score, for each of the plurality of digital messages, based on combining the attribute value and the archival weight value,
the archival score being adjusted based on the archival weight value being adjusted via the user interface;

provide an indication, in the user interface, that identifies which digital messages, of the plurality of digital messages, will be archived based on whether the archival score for each of the plurality of digital messages satisfies a threshold,
the indication, in the user interface, being adjusted based on the archival weight value being adjusted via the user interface; and

archive digital messages associated with archival scores that satisfy the threshold.

2. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when receiving the information identifying the attribute to be used when determining whether to archive the digital message, are to:
receive user input, via the user interface, that selects the attribute to be used to compute the archival score from among a plurality of attributes; and
identify the attribute based on the user input that selects the attribute.

3. The device of claim 1 , where the attribute identifies at least one of:
a date of receipt associated with the digital message;
a time of receipt associated with the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message has been flagged;
a priority level associated with the digital message;
a thread size associated with the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message is a response to another digital message;
an identity of a sender of the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message was received from a contact;
an indication of whether a user that received the digital message was a primary recipient of the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message has been opened;
an indication of whether the digital message has been forwarded; or
an indication of whether the digital message has been replied to.

4. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when computing the archival score, are to:
compute the archival score by treating the archival weight value as a coefficient of the attribute value.

5. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
store an association between the archival score and the respective digital message; and
determine that the archival score satisfies the threshold based on the association.

6. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
receive another user input indicating that the digital messages associated with archival scores that satisfy the threshold are to be archived; and
where the one or more processors, when archiving the digital message, are further to:
archive the digital message based on receiving the other user input.

7. The device of claim 1 , where the visual representation of the archival weight value includes a slider, and
where the archival weight value is adjusted based on moving a portion of the slider.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
identify a plurality of attributes to be used when determining whether to archive a digital message,
the plurality of attributes being associated with the digital message;

determine attribute values corresponding to the plurality of attributes;
provide a user interface for adjusting archival weight values corresponding to the plurality of attributes while the user interface displays the digital message,
the user interface including a visual representation of the archival weight values;

receive user input, via the user interface, that adjusts at least one archival weight value, of the archival weight values, corresponding to an attribute, of the plurality of attributes;
calculate an archival score for the digital message based on the attribute values and the archival weight values,
the archival score being adjusted based on the at least one archival weight value being adjusted via the user interface;

provide an indication, in the user interface, that identifies whether the digital message will be archived based on whether the archival score satisfies a threshold,
the indication, in the user interface, being adjusted based on the at least one archival weight value being adjusted via the user interface; and

archive the digital message based on determining that the archival score satisfies the threshold.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to identify the plurality of attributes to be used when determining whether to archive the digital message, cause the processor to:
receive user input, via the user interface, that selects the plurality of attributes; and
identify the plurality of attributes based on the user input that selects the plurality of attributes.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the plurality of attributes include at least two of:
a date of receipt associated with the digital message;
a time of receipt associated with the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message has been flagged;
a priority level associated with the digital message;
a thread size associated with the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message is a response to another digital message;
an identity of a sender of the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message was received from a contact;
an indication of whether a user that received the digital message was a primary recipient of the digital message;
an indication of whether the digital message has been opened;
an indication of whether the digital message has been forwarded; or
an indication of whether the digital message has been replied to.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to calculate the archival score for the digital message based on the attribute values and the archival weight values, cause the processor to:
calculate the archival score based on products of the archival weight values and the attribute values.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions further cause the processor to:
store an association between the archival score and the digital message; and
determine that the archival score satisfies the threshold based on the association.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions further cause the processor to:
receive user input indicating that the digital message is to be archived; and
where the one or more instructions, that cau

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Lemus Anthony
• Mcconnell James T

Classifications

• G06F12/00 Primary

  Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures (digital input from, or digital output to record carriers, e.g. to disk storage units, G06F3/06) · CPC title

• G06F11/1456

  Hardware arrangements for backup · CPC title

• G06F17/30

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L51/216 Primary

  Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads · CPC title

• H04L51/212

  using filtering or selective blocking · CPC title