US 12,034,529 B2
Automatic electronic message filtering method and apparatus
Ariel Raviv, Haifa (IL); Dan Pelleg, Haifa (IL); Ran Wolff, Geva-Carmel (IL); Gal Lalouche, Haifa (IL); and Noa Avigdor-Elgrabli, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by YAHOO ASSETS LLC, Dulles, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/152,277.
Application 17/152,277 is a continuation of application No. 16/405,143, filed on May 7, 2019, granted, now 10,897,444.
Prior Publication US 2021/0144111 A1, May 13, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/212 (2022.05) [H04L 51/42 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
extracting, by a computing device, information from a first electronic message directed to a user;
generating, by the computing device, an electronic message filter using the information extracted from the first electronic message, the electronic message filter having an associated filter action;
automatically determining, by the computing device, expiration information indicating a time frame for applicability of the electronic message filter, the determining comprising using a trained machine model and feature data corresponding to the user as input to the trained machine model, the trained machine model being trained using feature data generated using a corpus of electronic messages corresponding to a plurality of users;
using, by the computing device, the electronic message filter in a time frame in accordance with the determined expiration information, the using comprising:
identifying a second electronic message directed to the user, the identifying comprising determining, using information extracted from the second electronic message, that the second electronic message comprises second information satisfying the electronic message filter; and
performing the filtering action with the second electronic message.