Patent ID: 8631080
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for characterizing emails comprising: extracting non-user tagged email content and a domain identifier from an email, the domain identifier merely comprising at least some of a domain of a sender of the email; in response to sending the domain identifier extracted from the email to a domain directory service, receiving business information, from the domain directory service, that comprises at least one of a business name associated with the domain identifier, a business website associated with the domain identifier, or a business category associated with the domain identifier; determining a domain classification associated with the email based upon the business information; characterizing the email with a first characterization based upon executing a pattern matching rule set upon the extracted email content and the domain classification, the pattern matching rule set comprising a matching algorithm not predefined by the sender of the email; extracting second non-user tagged email content and a second domain identifier from a second email, the second domain identifier merely comprising at least some of a second domain of a second sender of the second email; in response to sending the second domain identifier extracted from the second email to a second domain directory service, receiving second business information, from the second domain directory service, that comprises at least one of a second business name associated with the second domain identifier, a second business website associated with the second domain identifier, or a second business category associated with the second domain identifier; determining a second domain classification associated with the second email based upon the second business information; characterizing the second email with a second characterization based upon executing a second pattern matching rule set upon the second extracted email content and the second domain classification, the second pattern matching rule set comprising a second matching algorithm not predefined by the second sender of the second email; populating a viewing panel with at least an indication of the email based upon the first characterization; populating merely the viewing panel with at least one of supplemental content or supplemental formatting based upon the first characterization but not populating one or more other viewing panels characterized with one or more other characterizations not comprising the first characterization with at least one of the supplemental content or the supplemental formatting; populating a second viewing panel with at least an indication of the second email based upon the second characterization; populating merely the second viewing panel with at least one of second supplemental content or second supplemental formatting based upon the second characterization but not populating one or more other viewing panels characterized with one or more other characterizations not comprising the second characterization with at least one of the second supplemental content or the second supplemental formatting; and updating one or more rules of at least one of the pattern matching rule set or the second pattern matching rule set based upon a user dragging and dropping at least one of: