METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RECEIVED BY A RECIPIENT IN A SORTED ORDER AND A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND/OR SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for displaying, in a sorted order, electronic messages received by a recipient, comprising the steps of:
- defining at least one relationship variable characteristic of a relationship between the recipient and a sender of an electronic message;
assigning a relationship value to said defined relationship variable;
assessing for an incoming message the relationship between the sender and the recipient of said message based on the relationship value; and
displaying the incoming message and at least a subset of previous messages from the sender in a sorted order based on the relationship value between the sender and recipient.
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Abstract
Trustability and importance of incoming electronic information such as electronic messages and electronic data files are automatically calculated on the basis of the relationship between recipient and sender. The relationship comprises the communication behavior and the social connection between recipient and sender. For each incoming message it is checked whether predefined relationship items are fulfilled. Concrete relationship values are assigned to each fulfilled relationship item, enabling the calculation. The information about the behavior and the social connections are predominantly stored in a contact list not visible by the recipient and containing information of all contacts the recipient has communicated with during a predefined period of time. The electronic messages can be categorized into trusted and distrusted messages and in a trusted view they can be listed in rank order or marked-up with respect to importance.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for displaying, in a sorted order, electronic messages received by a recipient, comprising the steps of:
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defining at least one relationship variable characteristic of a relationship between the recipient and a sender of an electronic message; assigning a relationship value to said defined relationship variable; assessing for an incoming message the relationship between the sender and the recipient of said message based on the relationship value; and displaying the incoming message and at least a subset of previous messages from the sender in a sorted order based on the relationship value between the sender and recipient. - 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, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A communication system comprising a server unit with a database of registered users and a plurality of user interface devices, the server unit and the plurality of user interface devices being configured to enable an exchange of electronic messages in a network, wherein the communication system is configured to display, in a sorted order, electronic messages received by a recipient, by
defining at least one relationship variable characteristic of a relationship between the recipient and a sender of an electronic message; -
assigning a relationship value to said defined relationship variable; assessing for an incoming message the relationship between the sender and the recipient of said message based on the relationship value; and displaying the incoming message and at least a subset of previous messages from the sender in a sorted order based on the relationship value between the sender and recipient.
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