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Method and apparatus for ordering communications

  • US 8,019,051 B1
  • Filed: 08/16/2006
  • Issued: 09/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for ordering communications stored in a user message box, comprising:

  • placing a first plurality of messages in a user message box, wherein the user message box is maintained in data storage;

    determining for each of the first plurality of messages an associated identifier using application programming running on a processor, wherein at least a first message included in the first plurality of messages is associated with a first identifier, wherein at least a second message included in the first plurality of messages is associated with a second identifier, and wherein the first and second identifiers are different from one another;

    accessing by a user the user message box;

    determining using the application programming an amount of a message accessed by the user for each message in the first plurality of messages;

    from at least the determined amount of a message accessed by the user for each message in the first plurality of messages, predicting using the application programming a level of interest that the user will have in subsequent messages, wherein a first amount of the first message is accessed by the user, wherein a second amount of the second message is accessed by the user, wherein the first amount is greater than the second amount, wherein a first level of interest is predicted for messages associated with the first identifier, wherein a second level of interest is predicted for messages associated with the second identifier, and wherein the predicted first level of interest is higher than the predicted second level of interest;

    from the predicted level of interest, assigning by the application programming a first rank to the first identifier and a second rank to the second identifier.

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