METHOD FOR DISPLAYING E-MAIL MESSAGES TO A USER
First Claim
1. A method for use in a communications network for sorting and displaying together characterizing images of a plurality of messages, wherein the plurality of messages comprises e-mail messages and/or messages that are based on information retrieved from one or more e-mail messages, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first plurality of e-mail messages addressed to a specific user;
analyzing content of the first plurality of e-mail messages received and generating a characterizing image for each of a second plurality of messages from among said first plurality of messages, whose characterizing images will be displayed to the specific user together with the characterizing images of other messages belonging to said second plurality of messages, and wherein the number of messages included in the second plurality of messages is less than or equal to the number of the first plurality of messages;
displaying the characterizing images generated in a plurality of cells arranged in a displaying grid, wherein each of the characterizing images is displayed at a separate cell of the displaying grid.
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Abstract
A method and a software product for use in a communications network for sorting and displaying together characterizing images of a plurality of messages, wherein the plurality of messages comprises e-mail messages and/or messages that are based on information retrieved from one or more e-mail messages, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first plurality of e-mail messages addressed to a specific user; analyzing content of the first plurality of e-mail messages and generating a characterizing image for each of a second plurality from among the first plurality of messages, wherein the characterizing images will be displayed to the specific user together with the characterizing images of other messages belonging to the second plurality of messages; displaying the characterizing images generated in a plurality of cells arranged in a displaying grid, wherein each of the characterizing images is displayed at a separate cell of the displaying grid.
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1. A method for use in a communications network for sorting and displaying together characterizing images of a plurality of messages, wherein the plurality of messages comprises e-mail messages and/or messages that are based on information retrieved from one or more e-mail messages, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first plurality of e-mail messages addressed to a specific user; analyzing content of the first plurality of e-mail messages received and generating a characterizing image for each of a second plurality of messages from among said first plurality of messages, whose characterizing images will be displayed to the specific user together with the characterizing images of other messages belonging to said second plurality of messages, and wherein the number of messages included in the second plurality of messages is less than or equal to the number of the first plurality of messages; displaying the characterizing images generated in a plurality of cells arranged in a displaying grid, wherein each of the characterizing images is displayed at a separate cell of the displaying grid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product encoding a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium for executing a set of instructions by a computer system comprising one or more computer processors for establishing a process for sorting and displaying together characterizing images of a plurality of messages, wherein the plurality of messages comprises e-mail messages and/or messages that are based on information retrieved from one or more e-mail messages, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first plurality of e-mail messages addressed to a specific user; analyzing content of the first plurality of e-mail messages received and generating a characterizing image for each of a second plurality of messages from among said first plurality of messages, whose characterizing images will be displayed to the specific user together with the characterizing images of other messages belonging to said second plurality of messages, and wherein the number of messages included in the second plurality of messages is less than or equal to the number of the first plurality of messages; enabling display of the characterizing images generated, in a plurality of cells arranged in a displaying grid, wherein each of the characterizing images is displayed at a separate cell of the displaying grid. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. The computer program product, wherein the displaying grid comprises an odd number of cells in each column and/or row thereof.
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