System and method for analyzing communications
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing a plurality of communication messages that are directed to a user and that contain communications from a plurality of contacts, the method comprising:
- assigning a relative priority ranking to each of the plurality of contacts based on an indication of response rapidity between the user and each of the plurality of contacts.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for analyzing a collection of communication messages. The communication messages may be any one of a collection of electronic mail messages, voicemail messages, instant messaging dialogs and other forms of communications. The collections of communications, such as electronic mail messages, may be selected by a user and then subsequently processed to determine the identity of any of the user'"'"'s contacts within the communications. The contacts may then be arranged in a relative priority arrangement whereby contacts which have been identified as engaging in prior reciprocal communications with the user are given higher priority. Higher priority may also be given to contacts which engage in more recent communications with the user. Specific contact relationships may be inferred from the communications depending on whether specific contacts are repeatedly mentioned within the communication messages.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing a plurality of communication messages that are directed to a user and that contain communications from a plurality of contacts, the method comprising:
assigning a relative priority ranking to each of the plurality of contacts based on an indication of response rapidity between the user and each of the plurality of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for processing a plurality of communication files directed to a user, the method comprising:
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reviewing the plurality of communication files to assign relative priority rankings to contacts, and to infer relationships between the user and the contacts, based on an indication of response rapidity between the user and the contacts; and outputting identities of the contacts in the communication files, the relative contact priority rankings and the inferred relationships. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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identifying potential contacts within stored messages; assigning relative priority rankings to the respective identified potential contacts based on an indication of response rapidity between the user and the potential contacts; and receiving from the user, an approval of the potential contacts that have been identified and priority ranked. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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