Systems and methods for clustering electronic messages

US8949283B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Jason Briggs Cornwell · Mountain View, US
• Keith J. Coleman · Palo Alto, US
• Jeroen Daniël Jillissen · Campbell, US
• Thomas Alexander Ivor Gawley · Palo Alto, US
• Rob Young · San Francisco, US
• Garrick Toubassi · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for clustering electronic messages are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes, at a computing device, analyzing content of a first incoming electronic message against a first set of content-based clustering rules associated with a first message cluster, without regard to content relatedness between the first incoming message and any messages previously assigned to the first message cluster. In some implementations, the method further includes, responsive to a determination that the first incoming electronic message satisfies the first set of content-based clustering rules: assigning the first incoming electronic message to the first message cluster, and formatting for display, in an electronic message folder, electronic messages in the first message cluster as a first single cluster graphic.