Method and system for classifying man vs. machine generated e-mail

    公开(公告)号:US10778618B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US14150788

    申请日:2014-01-09

    Applicant: OATH INC.

    Abstract: A computer system, computer program product, and computer-implemented method for communicating electronic messages over a communication network coupled thereto are provided. The computer system comprises a network interface for receiving messages sent over the network and addressed to a user of the computer system; and computer executable electronic message processing software. The software comprises instructions for directing the computer system to receive a message over the network, and to identify whether a sender of the received electronic message is a human or a machine. The identifying includes first and second phases of operation. The first phase includes an offline phase employing information and activities resident on the computer system. The second phase includes an online phase employing resources remotely accessible over the network. The software further includes instructions for providing the user with the results of the identification as human or machine; and for performing automatic data extraction from the message if the message was identified to be from a machine.

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