# US 12,184,601 B1 · Organizing product-related emails > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,184,601 B1 - Document ID: US12184601B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/986,372 - Filed: 2022-11-14 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-12 - Assignees: Google Inc. - Applicants: Google LLC - Inventors: Chenmin Liang; Rachel Elizabeth Derkits-Gelman; Xiaonan Zhang; Jiye Huang; Dirk John Stoop - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184601B1 ## CPC - H04L 51/42: Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes - H04L 51/08: Annexed information, e.g. attachments - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A computing system and method that can be used for organizing product-related emails, wherein product-related emails can pertain to products such as objects/items or otherwise pertain to entities such as experiences, subscriptions, services etc. In particular, example aspects of the present disclosure involve computing systems and computer-implemented methods for organizing product-related emails based on historical user data and characteristics extracted from the product-related emails. The systems and methods of the present disclosure allow for use of email that more conveniently conveys pertinent information contained in product-related emails through presentation of various information predicted as more valuable to a user and methods to more easily find product-related emails associated with a user's particular desires. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for organizing product-related emails, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a plurality of product-related emails for display in an email application, each product-related email of the plurality of product-related emails comprising one or more images of one or more products associated with the product-related email; determining, by the computing system, a user preference of the one or more products associated with the product-related emails based at least in part on historical user data related to a likelihood of the user being interested in the one or more products associated with the product-related emails; generating, by the computing system, a score for each of the product-related emails based at least in part on the user preference; ranking, by the computing system, the product-related emails based on the score for each of the product-related emails; extracting, by the computing system, one or more images from at least one particular product-related email, wherein the at least one particular product-related email is selected based at least in part on the ranking; and automatically updating, by the computing system, a displayed user interface of the email application to include one or more images in an email preview for the at least one particular product-related email prior to opening the at least one particular product-related email. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: adjusting the one or more images to align with one or more particular parameterizations prior to display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein: the particular parameterizations include: a 1:1 image ratio; a 4:5 image ratio; or a 1.91:1 image ratio. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein extracting one or more images from at least one particular product-related email comprises automatically extracting the one or more images. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein extracting one or more images from at least one particular product-related email comprises extracting the one or more based on manual annotation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein automatically updating the user interface of the email application to include one or more images in the email preview for the at least one particular product-related email prior to opening the at least one particular product-related email comprises displaying a minimum or a maximum number of images. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein automatically updating the user interface of the email application to include one or more images in the email preview for the at least one particular product-related email prior to opening the at least one particular product-related email displaying the same one or more images in the same at least one email preview associated with the same at least one particular product-related email within a single email visit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein automatically updating the user interface of the email application to include one or more images in the email preview for the at least one particular product-related email prior to opening the at least one particular product-related email comprises displaying the same one or more images in the same at least one email preview associated with the same at least one particular product-related email within a period of time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein automatically updating the user interface of the email application to include one or more images in the email preview for the at least one particular product-related email prior to opening the at least one particular product-related email comprises displaying the same one or more images in the same at least one email preview associated with the same at least one particular product-related email indefinitely. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein automatically updating the user interface of the email application to include one or more images in the email review for the at least one particular product-related email prior to opening the at least one particular product-related email is based at least in part on image quality. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein automatically updating the user interface of the email application to include one or more images in the email preview for the at least one particular product-related email prior to opening the at least one particular product-related email is based at least in part on image display density.