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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Barry Leiba, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Joel Ossher, South Salem, NY (US);
Vadakkedathu Thomas Rajan, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Richard Segal, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Mark N. Wegman, Ossining, NY (US);
Barry Leiba, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Joel Ossher, South Salem, NY (US);
Vadakkedathu Thomas Rajan, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Richard Segal, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Mark N. Wegman, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes steps of receiving an email message comprising a plurality of packets and delivery-path information; determining a path for the email using the delivery-path information; comparing the path with a plurality of prior email paths; determining a measure of similarity between the path of the email received and one or more of the plurality of prior email paths; and determining a spam score for the email received, based on the measure of similarity. Other embodiments include a computer readable medium comprising computer code for performing the above function and an information processing system including a processor configured (i.e., hard-wired or programmed) to perform the method.