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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:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Bruce Arthur, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Marcos, Cupertino, CA (US);
Greg Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Jerome R Bellegarda, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kim E. A. Silverman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Tiene, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bruce Arthur, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Marcos, Cupertino, CA (US);
Greg Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Jerome R Bellegarda, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kim E. A. Silverman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Tiene, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that filter data based on a criteria. In an embodiment, the criteria may be related to filtering out unwanted or junk input data. In another embodiment, the criteria may be related to filtering based on desired data. In various embodiments, the data may be email, email attachments, faxes, popup windows, telephone messages, downloaded data or programs, image data, or other data. In a embodiment, a training mode and an automatic mode are provided. During the training mode, a user may be presented with data that may be junk, and feedback may be provided that is used to train a junk filter. During an automatic mode, junk data may be removed from view, transferred to a junk box, or highlighted.