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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Frank C. Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xiangrong Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hang Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for preventing spam e-mail messages from being propagated or transmitted by monitoring user interaction events associated with the system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing a first e-mail message on a system that transmits e-mail message and has an input device includes identifying an attempt to transmit the first e-mail message; and determining whether a user interaction event has occurred within a given time interval. If it is determined that a user interaction event has not occurred within the given time interval, the first e-mail message is prevented from being transmitted.