Personalized electronic-mail delivery

Abstract

Personalized electronic-mail delivery is disclosed. The content of incoming electronic-mail messages is identified. Determinations may be made with respect to whether the content of the incoming electronic-mail messages corresponds to a user profile. The user profile may indicate one or more user preferences of a particular user with respect to incoming electronic-mail messages. If the incoming electronic-mail messages correspond to the one or more user preferences indicated in the user profile, the electronic-mail messages may be delivered to an electronic-mail server. The electronic-mail messages may then be displayed to the user via a list of electronic-mail messages reflective of those messages that are stored at the electronic-mail server and accessible to the end-user.

1 . A method for personalized electronic document delivery, the method comprising:
 storing a plurality of electronic documents in memory;   tracking user access to one or more electronic documents stored at the electronic-mail server, wherein tracking user access includes tracking time spent viewing each electronic document;   executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:   identifies a type for each of the one or more electronic documents,   filters the one or more electronic documents using a filter specific to the identified type of each electronic document,   updates a user profile based on results of the filtering of the one or more electronic documents, and   personalizes an appearance of a new electronic document based on the updated user profile.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the results of the filtering includes one or more keywords. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on message length. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on information regarding length of each word in the one or more documents and population frequency of the word. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user profile includes one or more interest folders, each folder including one or more keywords. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising clustering the one or more electronic documents into the one or more interest folders. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes categorizing the new electronic document. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes matching the updated user profile to the new categorized electronic document. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes identifying recommendations for the user. 
     
     
         10 . A system for personalized electronic document delivery, the system comprising:
 a memory for storing:
 a plurality of electronic documents in memory; 
 information regarding user access to one or more electronic documents stored at the electronic-mail server, wherein the information regarding user access includes time spent viewing each electronic document; and 
   a processor for executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions:
 identifies a type for each of the one or more electronic documents, 
 filters the one or more electronic documents using a filter specific to the identified type of each electronic document, 
 updates a user profile based on results of the filtering of the one or more electronic documents, and 
 personalizes an appearance of a new electronic document based on the updated user profile. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the results of the filtering includes one or more keywords. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on message length. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising identifying the keywords based on information regarding length of each word in the one or more documents and population frequency of the word. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the user profile includes one or more interest folders, each folder including one or more keywords. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 10 , further comprising clustering the one or more electronic documents into the one or more interest folders. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes categorizing the new electronic document. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes matching the updated user profile to the new categorized electronic document. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein personalizing the appearance of the new electronic document includes identifying recommendations for the user. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for personalized electronic document delivery, the method comprising:
 storing a plurality of electronic documents in memory;   tracking user access to one or more electronic documents stored at the electronic-mail server, wherein tracking user access includes tracking time spent viewing each electronic document;   executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:   identifies a type for each of the one or more electronic documents, filters the one or more electronic documents using a filter specific to the identified type of each electronic document,   updates a user profile based on results of the filtering of the one or more electronic documents, and   personalizes an appearance of a new electronic document based on the updated user profile.