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Email conversation management system

  • US 7,814,155 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2004
  • Issued: 10/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of searching conversations, comprising:

  • at a server having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors;

    receiving a search query from a client;

    identifying a plurality of conversations relevant to the search query, the plurality of conversations including at least two conversations each having two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier; and

    as a search result to the search query, returning to the client for display, a list of the identified conversations, each conversation in the list being represented as a item in the list of conversations, at least one of the conversations in the list comprising two or more electronic messages from distinct senders.

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