Email reply consolidation
OwnerKarsten Schulz, Juergen Vollrathinventors
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus is provided for email reply consolidation. In one embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes grouping a set of emails into a set of conversations. Additionally, the method includes ordering the emails of a conversation of the set of conversations based on a timecode of each of the emails. Moreover, the method includes comparing emails within the conversation of the set of conversations to determine if emails of the conversation include other emails of the conversation. Also, the method includes marking emails of the conversation as included responsive to the comparing.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- grouping a set of emails into a set of conversations;
- comparing emails within a conversation of the set of conversations to determine if emails of the conversation include other emails of the conversation;
- and
- marking emails of the conversation as included responsive to the comparing.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory, coupled to the processor;
- a user interface coupled to the processor;
- a network interface coupled to the processor;
- an email client operated by the processor;
- an email grouping module operated by the processor;
- and
- an email comparison module operated by the processor.
A method, comprising:
- grouping a set of emails into a set of conversations;
- ordering the emails of a conversation of the set of conversations based on a timecode of each of the emails;
- comparing emails within the conversation of the set of conversations to determine if emails of the conversation include other emails of the conversation;
- and
- marking emails of the conversation as included responsive to the comparing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.