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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Brendan F. Coffey, Rhinebeck, NY (US);

Gene Brown, Durham, CT (US);

Clifford V. Harris, Jonestown, TX (US);

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlilngton, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/22 (2013.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) monitors a mailbox in an electronic mail system to identify a message destined for the mailbox. Based on identifying the message destined for the mailbox, the processor(s) apply contextual language analyses to parse content of the message (a header and a body of the message) to identify patterns in the content that indicate a temporal validity period for the message. The processor(s) determine, based on identifying the patterns, the temporal validity period for the message and associate an expiration date with the message, the expiration date coincides with an end of the temporal validity period. The processor(s) expire the message, at the expiration date.


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