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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Guy Barry Owen Bunker, Farnham Common, GB;
Tsuen Wan Ngan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Guy Barry Owen Bunker, Farnham Common, GB;
Tsuen Wan Ngan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting email content containment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises generating a first set of hash values corresponding to a first email document, wherein the first set includes a respective hash value corresponding to each of a plurality of character sequences of the first email document. The method further comprises generating a second set of hash values corresponding to a second email document, wherein the second set include a respective hash value corresponding to each of a plurality of character sequences of the second email document, and determining whether the first set of hash values is a subset of the second set of hash values.