Content-based dynamic email prioritizer

An email organizer comprising:

• a syntactic processor for performing syntactic analysis on a plurality of email messages to determine action deadlines associated with action items specified in the email messages;
• a scorer that assigns priority scores to the email messages based at least on the determined action deadlines and a current date;
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• a viewer setting forth the email messages sorted by priority score.

A method for prioritizing email, the method comprising:

• performing syntactic analysis to determine the action deadlines associated with action items specified in the email messages;
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• processing the email messages based at least on the determined action deadlines;
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• presenting at least some processed email messages and an indication of at least some determined action deadlines to a user.

An email organizer operating in conjunction with an associated email system and an associated natural language processor, the email organizer comprising:

• an action deadline detector that detects action deadlines contained in email messages based on syntactic information about the email messages provided by the associated natural language processor;
• a scorer that assigns priority scores to the email messages based at least on the action deadlines and a current date;
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• a viewer configured to set forth at least some email messages and an indication of at least some assigned priority scores.