Patent ID: 9069845
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A gateway apparatus for filtering electronic-mail messages according to a theme or concept of the electronic-mail messages, the gateway apparatus comprising: a first network interface configured to receive an incoming electronic-mail message; a memory configured to store user profiles, each user profile associated with a user and defining one or more user preferences concerning content of incoming electronic-mail messages, wherein the one or more user preferences are determined based on examination of content of one or more electronic-mail messages previously received by the user, wherein the one or more previously received electronic-mail messages were previously accessed by the user and stored by an electronic-mail server; a filter stored in memory and executable by a processor to: a second network interface configured to transfer the incoming electronic-mail message to the electronic-mail server upon the determination that the incoming electronic-mail message corresponds to the one or more user preferences defined in the user profile, whereby the incoming electronic-mail message is accessible for display at a client device coupled to the electronic-mail server by the user indicated by the user profile.