Displaying conversation views in a conversation-based email...

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2004-08-06

2010-10-19

Dollinger, Tonia L (Department: 2443)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

Reexamination Certificate

active

07818378

ABSTRACT:
A method and system of processing messages is described that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, wherein each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the received messages is associated with a respective conversation to which it belongs. Each conversation includes a respective conversation identifier and a set of one or more messages which share a common set of characteristics that meet certain predefined criteria. A list of conversations to which the various messages belong is displayed in an order determined in accordance with other predefined criteria, such as ordering the conversations by the last date a message was received in a particular conversation. Each conversation is represented as a single item in the list. Other information displayed relating to the conversation includes labels, senders, date/time values, recipients, number of message in a conversation, and whether or not the conversation contains any unread messages.

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