IP Library Granted Patent US 8,977,696
Granted Patent B2
US 8,977,696 · App. 13/648,259 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Declassifying of suspicious messages

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Patent No.
US 8,977,696
App. No.
13/648,259
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Handling a message comprises: classifying an incoming message for a recipient, storing the classified message and providing a notification to the recipient, wherein the notification includes summary information about the classified message and an interface that allows the recipient to operate on the classified message.

Claims (36)

1. A method for sending notifications regarding declassification of suspicious messages, the method comprising:

intercepting a suspicious message at a message filter, wherein the message is addressed to a plurality of recipients;

executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:

identifies that the plurality of recipients include an individual user and one or more mailing lists,

determines that the individual user is also subscribed to the one or more mailing lists, and

generates a notification for each of the plurality of recipients, wherein a notification to the individual user is coalesced with a notification to the user as subscriber of the one or more mailing lists; and

sending the coalesced notification to the user, wherein the user receives only one notification regarding the suspicious message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generation of the notification occurs periodically according to a schedule.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the message is suspicious.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determination that the message is suspicious is based on the message being addressed to one or more non-existent user addresses.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is an electronic mail message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is an instant message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a text message.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a multimedia (picture) message.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user has designated a delegate for receiving the notification and further comprising redirecting the notification to the designated delegate.

10. A system for sending notifications regarding declassification of suspicious messages, the method comprising:

a message filter for intercepting a suspicious message at a message filter, wherein the message is addressed to a plurality of recipients;

a processor for executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor:

identifies that the plurality of recipients include an individual user and one or more mailing lists,

determines that the individual user is also subscribed to the one or more mailing lists, and

generates a notification for each of the plurality of recipients, wherein a notification to the individual user is coalesced with a notification to the user as subscriber of the one or more mailing lists; and

an interface for sending the coalesced notification to the user, wherein the user receives only one notification regarding the suspicious message.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the generation of the notification occurs periodically according to a schedule.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor executes further instructions to determine that the message is suspicious.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the determination that the message is suspicious is based on the message being addressed to one or more non-existent user addresses.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message is an electronic mail message.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message is an instant message.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message is a text message.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message is a multimedia (picture) message.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the user has designated a delegate for receiving the notification and wherein the interface redirects the notification to the designated delegate.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for sending notifications regarding declassification of suspicious messages, the method comprising:

intercepting a suspicious message at a message filter, wherein the message is addressed to a plurality of recipients;

identifying that the plurality of recipients include an individual user and one or more mailing lists;

determining that the individual user is also subscribed to the one or more mailing lists;

generating a notification for each of the plurality of recipients, wherein a notification to the individual user is coalesced with a notification to the user as subscriber of the one or more mailing lists; and

sending the coalesced notification to the user, wherein the user receives only one notification regarding the suspicious message.

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