Message-based system having embedded information management capabilities
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1. A method for managing and tracking information items within a 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 comprising a collection that associates a plurality of information items, at least one information item in the plurality of information items having a first set of metadata, the collection capable of associating a document information item and a message information item;
(b) sorting a new information item into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion responsive to the first set of metadata, the new information item having a second set of metadata; and
(c) displaying, in the viewer, the thrask and at least one displayed metadataum selected from the first set of metadata or the second set of metadata.
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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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1. A method for managing and tracking information items within a 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 comprising a collection that associates a plurality of information items, at least one information item in the plurality of information items having a first set of metadata, the collection capable of associating a document information item and a message information item; (b) sorting a new information item into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion responsive to the first set of metadata, the new information item having a second set of metadata; and (c) displaying, in the viewer, the thrask and at least one displayed metadataum selected from the first set of metadata or the second set of metadata. - 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, 50)
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25. A system for managing and tracking information items within a message-based system on a user system, the message-based system including a viewer, the system comprising:
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(a) a thrask generating module configured to generate a thrask, the thrask comprising a collection that associates a plurality of information items, at least one information item in the plurality of information items having a first set of metadata, the collection capable of associating a document information item and a message information item; (b) a sorting module configured to sort a new information item into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion responsive to the first set of metadata, the new information item having a second set of metadata; and (c) a display module configured to display the thrask and at least one displayed metadataum selected from the first set of metadata or the second set of metadata. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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