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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- utilizing a first body of information to obtain a second body of information and a third body of information, the first body of information including a message thread comprising a plurality of messages, the second body of information including a first attachment to one of the plurality of messages, the third body of information including a second attachment to another one of the plurality of messages, the second and the third bodies of information being identified in the first body of information;
computing a focus of at least a portion of the first body of information, the focus being based on a topic of the first body of information;
utilizing a processor that is a component of a computer to compute a focused summary of the second body of information and a focused summary of the third body of information, the first and the second focused summaries being based at least in part on the computed focus of the first body of information, the focused summaries including only information from the second and the third bodies of information that is relevant to the topic of the first body of information; and
displaying a graphical user interface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including an indication of the message thread and indications of the first and the second attachments, the second portion including the computed focused summaries of the second and the third bodies of information.
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Abstract
A summarization system and method. The summarization method includes utilizing a first body of information to obtain a second body of information, which is identified (by a hyperlink, an attachment identifier, a reference, etc.) in the first body of information. A summary of the obtained second body of information is then computed. The computed summary can be displayed to a user and/or stored for later use.
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utilizing a first body of information to obtain a second body of information and a third body of information, the first body of information including a message thread comprising a plurality of messages, the second body of information including a first attachment to one of the plurality of messages, the third body of information including a second attachment to another one of the plurality of messages, the second and the third bodies of information being identified in the first body of information; computing a focus of at least a portion of the first body of information, the focus being based on a topic of the first body of information; utilizing a processor that is a component of a computer to compute a focused summary of the second body of information and a focused summary of the third body of information, the first and the second focused summaries being based at least in part on the computed focus of the first body of information, the focused summaries including only information from the second and the third bodies of information that is relevant to the topic of the first body of information; and displaying a graphical user interface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including an indication of the message thread and indications of the first and the second attachments, the second portion including the computed focused summaries of the second and the third bodies of information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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utilizing a first body of information to obtain a second body and a third body of information, the first body of information being a message thread comprising a plurality of messages in the message thread, the second body of information being a first attachment to one of the plurality of messages in the message thread, the third body of information being a second attachment to another one of the plurality of messages in the message thread, the second and the third bodies of information being identified in the first body of information; utilizing a computer processor that is a component of a computer to compute a focused summary of the second body of information and a focused summary of the third body of information, the first and the second focused summaries being determined by finding a focus of the message thread and computing the focused summaries as functions of the message thread focus; and displaying a graphical user interface having a first section and a second section, the first section including an indication of the message thread and indications of the first and the second attachments, the second section including the focused summaries for the second and the third bodies of information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented system comprising:
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a computer processor that is a component of a computer that utilizes a first body of information to obtain a second body and a third body of information, the first body of information including a message thread having a plurality of messages, the second body of information including a first attachment to one of the plurality of messages, the third body of information including a second attachment to another one of the plurality of messages, the second and the third bodies of information being identified in the first body of information, the computer processor computing a focused summary of the second body of information and a focused summary of the third body of information, the first and the second focused summaries being determined by finding a focus of the message thread and computing the focused summaries as functions of the message thread focus; and a user interface having a first section and a second section, the first section being configured to display an indication of the message thread and indications of the first and the second attachments, and the second section being configured to display the focused summaries of the second and the third bodies of information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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