Method and system for managing messages
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1. A method for managing messages, the method comprising:
- receiving a message into a machine; and
executing machine language instructions upon receipt of the message, to automatically perform a set of functions including (i) determining a value of a predetermined parameter of the message, (ii) creating a folder for holding messages that match the value, (iii) storing the message in the folder.
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Abstract
A method and system for management of messages. Upon receipt of a message, or at another time, the machine may automatically extract a parameter value from the message and create a new folder for storing messages that match that parameter value. The machine may thus store the message, and other messages that match the parameter value, in the folder. Alternatively, the machine may present the message to a user and allow a user to select one or more values from the message, to be used as a filter for a folder. The machine may then store the message, and other messages that match the filter, in the folder.
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1. A method for managing messages, the method comprising:
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receiving a message into a machine; and
executing machine language instructions upon receipt of the message, to automatically perform a set of functions including (i) determining a value of a predetermined parameter of the message, (ii) creating a folder for holding messages that match the value, (iii) storing the message in the folder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for managing messages, the method comprising:
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receiving a message into a machine;
thereafter receiving user input indicating a selection of at least one parameter value from the message;
executing machine language instructions, in response to the user input, to create a folder for holding messages that match the at least one parameter value;
executing machine language instructions to store the message in the folder;
thereafter receiving a new message;
executing machine language instructions to determine if the new message matches the at least one parameter value and, if so, to store the new message in the folder. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A method of managing messages comprising, in combination:
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receiving a message into a machine;
deriving a message-filter expression based at least in part on the message;
establishing an association between a folder and the message-filter expression; and
storing the message in the folder.
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20. An automatic message-organization system comprising, in combination:
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a processor;
a data storage medium;
an interface for receiving messages; and
a set of machine language instructions stored in the data storage medium and executable by the processor, in response to receipt of a message, (i) to select at least one parameter value from the message, (ii) to responsively generate in the data storage medium a folder for holding messages that match the at least one parameter value, and (iii) to store the message in the folder. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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