Patent ID: 9449309
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing emails by an email client operating on a computing device, the method comprising: identifying, by the email client, a plurality of emails having a related subject; presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computing device, sender identifiers at first coordinates on an x-axis of a Cartesian plane, and recipient identifiers at second coordinates on the x-axis, wherein a y-axis of the Cartesian plane divides the sender identifiers and the recipient identifiers; presenting, at third coordinates of the Cartesian plane that are above each sender identifier, sent-email block identifiers identifying one or more sent-email blocks for each sender identifier; presenting, at fourth coordinates of the Cartesian plane that are above at least one of the recipient identifiers, received-email block identifiers identifying one or more received email blocks for the at least one of the recipient identifiers; determining, by the email client, an inclusion relationship among the plurality of emails, wherein the inclusion relationship identifies at least one of the sent email blocks that is included in multiple of the plurality of emails; and removing, from the GUI, the at least one of the sent-email blocks that is included in multiple of the plurality of emails.