Patent Document ID: 20100145900
Application ID: 12328723
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A network device, comprising: a transceiver to send and receive data over a network; and a processor that is operative to perform actions, comprising: receiving a message; determining a plurality of tokens from the received message based in part on a text body of the received message; analyzing the plurality of tokens to assign probability values that the received message is classifiable as one of a plurality of message classes, including a spam message and a non-spam message; selecting a message class for the received message based on a comparison of the assigned probability values, wherein a probability value is associated with each of the plurality of message classes; providing the message class selected, a list of tokens with associated token frequencies, and the plurality of tokens to a token frequency component that is configured for the selected message class, wherein the list of tokens are determined for the message class selected; and using the token frequency component to determine a number of tokens in the plurality of tokens that result in an associated token frequency for each matching token in the list of tokens exceeding a token frequency threshold; and based on a comparison between the number of tokens exceeding the token frequency threshold to a matched token threshold identifying the received message as a spam message or a non-spam message.