Patent ID: 7412401

Claim:
A data processing system, comprising: a plurality of messaging systems operated by a plurality of message senders for processing respective messages intended for recipients; a data center data processing system in operative communication with the plurality of messaging systems for storing transaction data associated with each respective message processed by the messaging systems intended for the recipients; a control system in operative communication with the data center for: identifying selected relevant transaction data from among the transaction data corresponding to a defined recipient; and using the selected relevant transaction data to generate a recipient profile of messages intended for the defined recipient that have been processed by the plurality of messaging systems, wherein: the recipient profile includes segmentation information developed from the selected transaction data that organizes the messages intended for the defined recipient into categories, wherein: the control system is further for: using the segmentation information to develop inferences about the defined recipient in the recipient profile, wherein: the plurality of messaging systems are operated by respective senders; each respective sender has associated classification data indicating an industry segment that describes the respective sender's activities; and the control system is further for: using the sender classification data to store an indication in the recipient profile of types of senders that originated the messages intended for the defined recipient.