Apparatus, system, and method for displaying email messages based on response time trends

An apparatus to display a set of email messages based on response time trends, the apparatus comprising:

• an email identification module configured to identify a set of email messages for a user;
• a response time module configured to determine a plurality of response times corresponding to one of a sender and a recipient for one or more email messages in the set, each response time based on an elapsed time between a send time that the user sends an email message and a receive time that the user receives a response email to the email message;
• a trend module configured to determine one or more response time trends based on the plurality of response times and to associate each response time trend with at least one email message in the set based on the corresponding one of a sender and a recipient;
• an email display module configured to display the set of email messages to the user;
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• a response time display module configured to display a visual representation of each response time trend to the user such that each visual representation of a response time trend is visually associated with at least one corresponding email message in the displayed set of email messages.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations to display a set of email messages based on response time trends, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

• identifying a set of email messages for a user;
• determining one or more response time trends, each response time trend corresponding to at least one email message in the set of email messages;
• displaying the set of email messages to the user;
• displaying a visual representation of each response time trend to the user such that each visual representation of a response time trend is visually associated with the at least one corresponding email message in the displayed set of email messages.

An apparatus to display a set of email messages based on response time trends, the apparatus comprising:

• an email identification module configured to identify a set of email messages for a user;
• a response time module configured to determine a plurality of response times corresponding to one of a sender and a recipient for one or more email messages in the set, each response time based on an elapsed time between a send time that the user sends an email message and a receive time that the user receives a response email to the email message;
• a trend module configured to determine one or more response time trends based on the plurality of response times and to associate each response time trend with at least one email message in the set based on the corresponding one of a sender and a recipient;
• an email display module configured to display the set of email messages to the user;
• a response time display module configured to display a visual representation of each response time trend to the user such that each visual representation of a response time trend is visually associated with at least one corresponding email message in the displayed set of email messages;
• a sort module configured to sort the set of email messages corresponding to the plurality of recipients in sequential order from a shortest response time to a longest response time based on the one or more response time trends;
• a schedule module configured to dynamically update one or more of the visual representations based on schedule information of the recipient;
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• a responded module configured to place an email message toward an end of the displayed set of email messages based on an email response to the email message.