Patent ID: 7945633
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a system that includes an electronic messaging server that provides electronic messaging services to one or more users, a method for sorting electronic messages for a user, the method comprising: assigning at least one attribute to each sender address; storing the at least one attribute of each sender address in a first list, wherein the first list includes a) a first sender address having a first attribute explicitly set by the user as an authorized sender address, b) a second sender address having a second attribute implied as an authorized sender address when the user performs an action using the second sender address, and c) a third sender address having a third attribute established as one of an authorized sender address, unconfirmed sender address, or unauthorized sender address based on a response by a sender associated with the third sender address and without direct input from the user; receiving a particular electronic message from a particular sender address at the server; accessing the first list; determining from the first list whether the particular sender address matches the first sender address, and, if so, sorting the particular electronic message into a high priority inbox folder; determining from the first list whether the particular sender address matches the second sender address, and, if so, sorting the particular electronic message into an inbox folder having less priority than the high priority inbox folder; determining from the first list whether the particular sender address matches the third sender address, and, if so, if the particular sender address does not match the first sender address, second sender address, or third sender address, sorting the particular electronic message into the temporary folder.