Patent ID: 7814165
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An adaptive message classification system comprising: a message server for handling message traffic of a user; a classification system having a plurality of folders therein, each folder storing previously received messages of the user; a data store to store predictive address values for address identifiers contained in stored messages in the messaging classification system, wherein each address identifier is associated with a predictive address value, the predictive address value is calculated by tallying number of occurrences of the address identifier in all stored messages and applying a predetermined function to the tallied number, the predetermined function generates a larger number for an address identifier that appears in a fewer number of stored messages than an address identifier that appears in a larger number of stored messages, and repeated appearances of the address identifier in one stored message count as one occurrence for the tallying; and a message classification agent, responsive to a newly received message, to: