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Message-based system having embedded information management capabilities

US7089287B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2002
Grant dateAug 8, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/107
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for managing and tracking information items within a message-based system on a user system are disclosed. The message-based system has a viewer. A thrask is generated. The thrask includes at least one information item having a set of metadata. A new information is sorted into the thrask in accordance with at least one criterion. The thrask and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in the thrask are displayed in the viewer.

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