METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING SPAM EMAIL MESSAGES

Patent №

US 7,739,337

Granted

2010-06-15

Filed 2005

Owner

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

3

ml · kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11157327

A method and system for grouping spam email messages are described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving probe email messages indicative of spam and modifying the probe email messages to reduce noise. The method further includes comparing the probe email messages using fuzzy logic to identify similar email messages, and creating groups of similar email messages. Each of the created groups pertains to a distinct spam attack.

AI classification

Machine learning1.00
Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.85
AI hardware0.45
Natural language0.30
Speech0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

assignment · 167140363

Assignors

JENSEN, SANFORD

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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