Patent ID: 8510098

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, using one or more data processors, a first plurality of offensive words and storing the first plurality of offensive words in a computer-readable medium; receiving, using one or more data processors, a second plurality of offensive words and storing the second plurality of words in the computer-readable medium; receiving a string of words, wherein one or more detected offensive words is selected from the string of words that matches words from the first plurality of offensive words or the second plurality of offensive words; and processing the string of words based upon the detection of offensive words in the string of words, wherein processing the string of words includes storing the one or more detected offensive words in the computer-readable medium; wherein each offensive word in the first plurality of offensive words is associated with a first severity score identifying offensiveness of that word; wherein each offensive word in the second plurality of offensive words is associated with a second severity score identifying offensiveness of that word; wherein an offensive word appearing in both the first plurality of offensive words and the second plurality of offensive words has an adjusted severity score based on the offensive word's first severity score and second severity score; wherein detection of a particular offensive word from the string of words is based upon a greatest of any first severity score, second severity score, and adjusted severity score associated with the particular offensive word; wherein detection of the particular offensive word is based upon the greatest of the severity scores associated with the particular offensive word exceeding an offensiveness threshold value.