ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,141, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ZixCorp Systems Inc. (Dallas).

"Creating a machine learning policy based on express indicators" was invented by Daniel Joseph Potkalesky (Garland, Texas) and Mark Stephen DeMichele (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining a classification that applies to the electronic message. The classification is determined based on an express indication from a user. The method further comprises providing a machine learning trainer with the electronic message and an id...