Method and apparatus for summarizing one or more text messages using indicative summaries
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1. A method for summarizing a text message, comprising:
- extracting a portion of said text message as an indicative summary of said text message based on a degree of overlap of words in said portion with a set of words.
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A method and apparatus are provided for summarizing a text message, such as an email message or a transcribed audio message. A portion of each text message, such as a sentence, is extracted as an indicative summary of the text message based on a degree of overlap of words in the sentence with a set of words, such as words in the message subject or words in a related root message. The extracted portion is based on a score for each portion of the text message, such as a sentence. An interface is also provided for presenting the indicative summaries of a set of related text messages to a user.
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1. A method for summarizing a text message, comprising:
extracting a portion of said text message as an indicative summary of said text message based on a degree of overlap of words in said portion with a set of words. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for summarizing a text message, comprising:
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a memory; and
at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to;
extract a portion of said text message as an indicative summary of said text message based on a degree of overlap of words in said portion with a set of words. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An article of manufacture for summarizing a text message, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the step of:
extracting a portion of said text message as an indicative summary of said text message based on a degree of overlap of words in said portion with a set of words.
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25. A method for presenting a plurality of related text messages to a user, comprising:
presenting an extracted portion of each of said plurality of related text messages as an indicative summary of said plurality of related text messages, wherein said extracted portion is based on a degree of overlap of words in said portion with a set of words. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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