Message-based system having embedded information management capabilities
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1. A method for managing and tracking information items within an message-based system on a user system, the message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
- (a) generating a thrask, the thrask including at least one information item having a set of metadata;
(b) sorting a new information item into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion; and
(c) displaying the thrask and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in the thrask in the viewer.
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Abstract
A method and a system for managing and tracking information items within a message-based system on a user system are disclosed. The message-based system has a viewer. A thrask is generated. The thrask includes at least one information item having a set of metadata. A new information is sorted into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion. The thrask and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in the thrask are displayed in the viewer.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for managing and tracking information items within an message-based system on a user system, the message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
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(a) generating a thrask, the thrask including at least one information item having a set of metadata;
(b) sorting a new information item into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion; and
(c) displaying the thrask and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in the thrask in the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for managing and tracking information items within a message-based system on a user system, the message-based system including an viewer, the system comprising:
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(a) a thrask generating module generating a thrask, the thrask including at least one information item having a set of metadata;
(b) a sorting module sorting a new information item into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion; and
(c) a display module displaying the thrask and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in the thrask in the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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