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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2011
Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Joshua T. Goodman, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric D. Brill, Redmond, WA (US);
Bradly A. Brunell, Medina, WA (US);
Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander G. Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);
Trenholme J. Griffin, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Oliver Hurst-hiller, New York, NY (US);
Raymond E. Ozzie, Manchester, MA (US);
Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Joshua T. Goodman, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric D. Brill, Redmond, WA (US);
Bradly A. Brunell, Medina, WA (US);
Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander G. Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);
Trenholme J. Griffin, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Oliver Hurst-Hiller, New York, NY (US);
Raymond E. Ozzie, Manchester, MA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Architecture is provided that facilitates user-controlled access to user profile information related to spam filtering. A user is allowed to selectively expose (or mask) portions of his/her profile related to spam filtering to third parties. Additionally, advertisers and/or content providers can offer incentives or enticement in response to the acceptance of which a user exposes larger portions of their profiles related to spam filtering. The architecture comprises a system that facilitates profile management utilizing a profile component that facilitates creation and storage of an electronic profile including spam filtering information of a user, and a control component under control of the user for controlling access to the profile.