Content-based dynamic email prioritizer
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Abstract
An email organizer operates in conjunction with an email system (20) and a natural language processor (42, 44). An action deadline detector (50) detects action deadlines contained in email messages (30) based on syntactic information about the email messages provided by the natural language processor. A scorer (56) assigns priority scores to the email messages based at least on the action deadlines and a current date (58).
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24 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An email organizer comprising:
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a syntactic processor for performing syntactic analysis on a plurality of email messages to determine action deadlines associated with action items specified in the email messages;
a scorer that assigns priority scores to the email messages based at least on the determined action deadlines and a current date; and
a viewer setting forth the email messages sorted by priority score. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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20. A method for prioritizing email, the method comprising:
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performing syntactic analysis to determine the action deadlines associated with action items specified in the email messages; and
processing the email messages based at least on the determined action deadlines; and
presenting at least some processed email messages and an indication of at least some determined action deadlines to a user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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21. An email organizer operating in conjunction with an associated email system and an associated natural language processor, the email organizer comprising:
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an action deadline detector that detects action deadlines contained in email messages based on syntactic information about the email messages provided by the associated natural language processor;
a scorer that assigns priority scores to the email messages based at least on the action deadlines and a current date; and
a viewer configured to set forth at least some email messages and an indication of at least some assigned priority scores. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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