Patent ID: 9615221
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of automatically changing the classification type of a message processed by a message management system comprising a personal information space of a user of a mobile device, the personal information space of the user comprising a schedule of meetings and a list of addressees to a scheduled meeting in the schedule of meetings, and a database of user preference rules, the message destined for the mobile device of the user, the classification type having associated with it a level of importance to the user and one or more user preference rules for classifying messages into the classification type, the method comprising the steps: a. parsing, by the message management system, one or more data fields within the message; b. determining an initial classification type of the message by applying a first rule in the database of user preference rules to one of the one or more data fields of the message; and c. automatically changing the initial classification type of the message to a second classification type having a higher importance level if the domain name of the sender address appears in a list of addressees to a scheduled meeting in the schedule of meetings by applying a second rule in the database of user preference rules to one of the one or more data fields of the message, wherein automatically changing the initial classification is in response to a triggering event relating to data in the personal information space of the user.