US 11,956,198 B2
Method and system for identifying and presenting important messages
Chris Luvogt, Fort Bragg, CA (US); Muni Xu, San Jose, CA (US); Rofaida Abdelaal, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Bhopal Singh, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by YAHOO ASSETS LLC, Dulles, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/896,047.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073176 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 51/42 (2022.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/42 (2022.05) [H04L 51/212 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a message corresponding to a user inbox and to be added to the user inbox;
applying, by the computing device, prior to adding the message to the user inbox, a message classification model to content of the message to determine one or more classifications corresponding to the message, the content including body text of the message and the message classification model comprising a multi-label predictive model;
determining, by the computing device, that the message is an important message based on whether one or more of the classifications is one of a set of predetermined classifications;
adding, by the computing device, metadata to the message, the added metadata indicating that the message is an important message; and
transmitting, to the user inbox, by the computing device, the message and the added metadata.