PERSONALIZED ELECTRONIC-MAIL DELIVERY
Personalized electronic-mail delivery is disclosed. The content of incoming electronic-mail messages is identified. Determinations may be made with respect to whether the content of the incoming electronic-mail messages corresponds to a user profile. The user profile may indicate one or more user preferences of a particular user with respect to incoming electronic-mail messages. If the incoming electronic-mail messages correspond to the one or more user preferences indicated in the user profile, the electronic-mail messages may be delivered to an electronic-mail server. The electronic-mail messages may then be displayed to the user via a list of electronic-mail messages reflective of those messages that are stored at the electronic-mail server and accessible to the end-user.
1 . A method for personalized electronic document delivery, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of electronic documents in memory;
tracking user access to one or more electronic documents stored at the electronic-mail server, wherein tracking user access includes tracking time spent viewing each electronic document;
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
identifies a type for each of the one or more electronic documents,
filters the one or more electronic documents using a filter specific to the identified type of each electronic document,
updates a user profile based on results of the filtering of the one or more electronic documents, and
personalizes an appearance of a new electronic document based on the updated user profile.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the results of the filtering includes one or more keywords.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on message length.
4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on information regarding length of each word in the one or more documents and population frequency of the word.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile includes one or more interest folders, each folder including one or more keywords.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising clustering the one or more electronic documents into the one or more interest folders.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes categorizing the new electronic document.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes matching the updated user profile to the new categorized electronic document.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes identifying recommendations for the user.
10 . A system for personalized electronic document delivery, the system comprising:
a memory for storing:
a plurality of electronic documents in memory;
information regarding user access to one or more electronic documents stored at the electronic-mail server, wherein the information regarding user access includes time spent viewing each electronic document; and
a processor for executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions:
identifies a type for each of the one or more electronic documents,
filters the one or more electronic documents using a filter specific to the identified type of each electronic document,
updates a user profile based on results of the filtering of the one or more electronic documents, and
personalizes an appearance of a new electronic document based on the updated user profile.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the results of the filtering includes one or more keywords.
12 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on message length.
13 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on information regarding length of each word in the one or more documents and population frequency of the word.
14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the user profile includes one or more interest folders, each folder including one or more keywords.
15 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising clustering the one or more electronic documents into the one or more interest folders.
16 . The system of claim 10 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes categorizing the new electronic document.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes matching the updated user profile to the new categorized electronic document.
18 . The system of claim 10 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes identifying recommendations for the user.
19 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for personalized electronic document delivery, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of electronic documents in memory;
tracking user access to one or more electronic documents stored at the electronic-mail server, wherein tracking user access includes tracking time spent viewing each electronic document;
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
identifies a type for each of the one or more electronic documents, filters the one or more electronic documents using a filter specific to the identified type of each electronic document,
updates a user profile based on results of the filtering of the one or more electronic documents, and
personalizes an appearance of a new electronic document based on the updated user profile.