Labeling Messages of Conversations and Snoozing Labeled Conversations in a Conversation-Based Email System

A conversation-based messaging system, comprising

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more modules, wherein the one or more modules are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more modules including:
• a select conversations module for selecting a conversation from a plurality of conversations, each of the conversations having a respective conversation identifier and comprising one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria, the selected conversation having a plurality of messages associated with a first label;
• a modify attributes module for responding to an action specifying a second label to be associated with the selected conversation by associating the second label with every message in the selected conversation, such that the plurality of messages in the selected conversation are each associated with both the first and second labels;
• and
• a processing module for modifying an index entry for the second label to account for the association of the second label with the messages in the selected conversation.

A conversation-based messaging system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory storing one or more modules to be executed by the one or more processors;
• and
• means for selecting a conversation from a plurality of conversations, each of the conversations having a respective conversation identifier and comprising one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria, the selected conversation having a plurality of messages associated with a first label;
• means for responding to an action specifying a second label to be associated with the selected conversation by associating the second label with every message in the selected conversation, such that the plurality of messages in the selected conversation are each associated with both the first and second labels;
• and
• means for modifying an index entry for the second label to account for the association of the second label with the messages in the selected conversation.

A computer readable storage medium and one or more computer programs embedded therein the one or more computer programs comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• select a conversation from a plurality of conversations, each of the conversations having a respective conversation identifier and comprising one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria, the selected conversation having a plurality of messages associated with a first label;
• respond to an action specifying a second label to be associated with the selected conversation by associating the second label with every message in the selected conversation, such that the plurality of messages in the selected conversation are each associated with both the first and second labels;
• and
• modify an index entry for the second label to account for the association of the second label with the messages in the selected conversation.