Patent ID: 9043417
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting spam across a social network, the method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, a post to a social network, the post being from a first user account in the social network, the post having at least one intended recipient user account in the social network; generating, using the one or more computing devices, a digital fingerprint from the post; determining, using the one or more computing devices, whether the digital fingerprint of the post is similar to previously stored digital fingerprints of posts to the social network; when it is determined that the digital fingerprint of the post is not similar to the previously stored digital fingerprints of posts, providing, using the one or more computing devices, the post to the at least one intended recipient user account in the social network; and when it is determined that the digital fingerprint of the post is similar to the previously stored digital fingerprints of posts, determining, using the one or more computing devices, whether the post is intentional spam based on categories of likelihood of being spam, each category of likelihood of being spam corresponding to a probability of the post being spam, and processing, using the one or more computing devices, the post based on the categories of likelihood.