Email conversation management system

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2004-03-31

2010-10-12

Strange, Aaron (Department: 2448)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C715S739000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07814155

ABSTRACT:
A system and method are disclosed for producing a list of conversation as the result of a search query. Messages are received and associated with a conversation. Each of the conversations has a respective conversation identifier and includes one or more messages. Messages, and related message information, are indexed for text searching and information about the message is stored in a memory to associate the message to its respective conversation identifier. The index can be searched to identify one or more messages relevant a search query. At least some of the conversations to which the one or messages belong are identified and produced as the search result.

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