Computerized system and method for automatically performing an implicit message search

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device, performs a method comprising:

• detecting, via the computing device, an action related to a message within an inbox of a user, said action providing an indication to said computing device that said message is of interest to said user;
• analyzing, via the computing device, said message, said analysis comprising parsing said message, and based on said parsing, identifying time, contact and content features of said message;
• identifying, via the computing device, a pool of messages within said inbox;
• analyzing, via the computing device, each message in said pool of messages, said analysis comprising parsing each message in said pool of messages, and based on said parsing, identifying time, contact and content features of each message in said pool of messages;
• computing, via the computing device, a similarity measurement between said message and each message in said pool of messages, said computation based on the time, contact and content features of said message, and the time, contact and content features of each message in said pool of messages;
• identifying, via the computing device, a set of related messages based on said similarity measurement, said identifying comprising comparing said similarity measurement of each message in said pool of messages against a threshold, said set of related messages comprising messages that satisfy said threshold;
• generating, via the computing device, a thread interface for display within said inbox, said thread interface comprising an interactive display of said set of related messages;
• automatically causing a display, via the computing device, of said thread interface within a portion of the inbox in response to said detection of the action, said caused display of the thread interface being at a position within said inbox that is adjacent to a position of said message in the inbox, said thread interface enabling the user to view and interact with any of the related messages displayed within the thread interface;
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• automatically causing modification of the inbox, via the computing device, by adding indicators within a second portion of the inbox, each indicator individually corresponding to one of the related messages displayed within the thread interface, each indicator corresponding to a time the similarity measurement is computed for a respective message of the related messages, each indicator providing a positional identifier related to a position of a respective message within the inbox, each indicator being interactive such that in response to selection of an indicator, the related set of messages are displayed within the thread interface in accordance with the corresponding similarity measurement associated with the selected indicator.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
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• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
• logic executed by the processor for detecting, via the computing device, an action related to a message within an inbox of a user, said action providing an indication to said computing device that said message is of interest to said user;
• logic executed by the processor for analyzing, via the computing device, said message, said analysis comprising parsing said message, and based on said parsing, identifying time, contact and content features of said message;
• logic executed by the processor for identifying, via the computing device, a pool of messages within said inbox;
• logic executed by the processor for analyzing, via the computing device, each message in said pool of messages, said analysis comprising parsing each message in said pool of messages, and based on said parsing, identifying time, contact and content features of each message in said pool of messages;
• logic executed by the processor for computing, via the computing device, a similarity measurement between said message and each message in said pool of messages, said computation based on the time, contact and content features of said message, and the time, contact and content features of each message in said pool of messages;
• logic executed by the processor for identifying, via the computing device, a set of related messages based on said similarity measurement, said identifying comprising comparing said similarity measurement of each message in said pool of messages against a threshold, said set of related messages comprising messages that satisfy said threshold;
• logic executed by the processor for generating, via the computing device, a thread interface for display within said inbox, said thread interface comprising an interactive display of said set of related messages;
• logic executed by the processor for automatically causing a display, via the computing device, of said thread interface within a portion of the inbox in response to said detection of the action, said caused display of the thread interface being at a position within said inbox that is adjacent to a position of said message in the inbox, said thread interface enabling the user to view and interact with any of the related messages displayed within the thread interface;
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• logic executed by the processor for automatically causing modification of the inbox, via the computing device, by adding indicators within a second portion of the inbox, each indicator individually corresponding to one of the related messages displayed within the thread interface, each indicator corresponding to a time the similarity measurement is computed for a respective message of the related messages, each indicator providing a positional identifier related to a position of a respective message within the inbox, each indicator being interactive such that in response to selection of an indicator, the related set of messages are displayed within the thread interface in accordance with the corresponding similarity measurement associated with the selected indicator.