Triage of electronic mail
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorIdo Guy
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Abstract
A method for processing electronic mail messages (emails), including receiving a first batch of the emails, and displaying a first listing of the first batch to a recipient of the emails for selection by the recipient for viewing. The method further includes recording an order of the selection by the recipient of the emails from the first listing, and receiving a second batch of the emails subsequent to the first batch. The method also includes formulating and displaying to the recipient a second listing of the second batch responsively to the order of the selection from the first listing.
Claims21
A method for processing electronic mail messages (emails), comprising:
- receiving a first batch comprising three or more of the emails;
- displaying a first listing of the first batch to a recipient of the emails for selection by the recipient for viewing;
- formulating a correspondence between a respective characterizing parameter of the three or more emails and respective different numbers indicative of an order of the selection by the recipient of the three or more emails;
- receiving a second batch of the emails subsequent to the first batch;
- formulating and displaying to the recipient a second listing of the second batch responsively to the correspondence.
A computer software product for processing electronic mail messages (emails), the product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer program instructions recorded therein, which instructions, when read by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive a first batch comprising three or more of the emails;
- display a first listing of the first batch to a recipient of the emails for selection by the recipient for viewing;
- formulate a correspondence between a respective characterizing parameter of the three or more emails and respective different numbers indicative of an order of the selection by the recipient of the three or more emails;
- receive a second batch of the emails subsequent to the first batch;
- formulate and display to the recipient a second listing of the second batch responsively to the correspondence.
An apparatus for processing electronic mail messages (emails), comprising:
- a display which is configured to present a first listing of a first batch comprising three or more of the emails to a recipient of the emails for selection by the recipient for viewing;
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- a processing unit, which is configured to:
- receive the first batch of the three or more emails,
- formulate a correspondence between a respective characterizing parameter of the three or more emails and respective different numbers indicative of an order of the selection by the recipient of the three or more emails;
- receive a second batch of the emails subsequent to the first batch, and
- formulate and present on the display to the recipient a second listing of the second batch responsively to the correspondence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.