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Management of email threads

US7930356B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Jaroslaw Gawor · Apex, US
Paul F. McMahan · Apex, US
Lin Sun · Cary, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2008
Grant date	Apr 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L51/216
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system are provided for managing email threads. The method includes receiving a plurality of separate email threads. The method further includes generating associations between at least two email threads of the plurality of separate email threads. The method further includes displaying the associations of the at least two email threads. As a result, users can conveniently view the associated email threads and perform operations on particular email threads.

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