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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Applicants:
John Gardiner Myers, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yanyan Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Gardiner Myers, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yanyan Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Proofpoint, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00456 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described that includes comparing a characteristic of an image to stored characteristics of spam images. The method also includes generating a signature of the present image. The method further includes comparing the signature of the present image to stored signatures of spam images. The method also includes determining the spam features corresponding to the stored signatures of spam images that match the signature of the present image.