Inventors:
Bruce Arthur - Palo Alto CA, US
Paul Marcos - Cupertino CA, US
Greg Christie - San Jose CA, US
Jerome R Bellegarda - Los Gatos CA, US
Kim E. A. Silverman - Mountain View CA, US
Scott Forstall - Mountain View CA, US
Kevin Tiene - Cupertino CA, US
Assignee:
Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that filter data based on a criteria. In an embodiment, the criteria may be related to filtering out unwanted or junk input data. In another embodiment, the criteria may be related to filtering based on desired data. In various embodiments, the data may be email, email attachments, faxes, popup windows, telephone messages, downloaded data or programs, image data, or other data. In a embodiment, a training mode and an automatic mode are provided. During the training mode, a user may be presented with data that may be junk, and feedback may be provided that is used to train a junk filter. During an automatic mode, junk data may be removed from view, transferred to a junk box, or highlighted.