Patent ID: 9596196
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for user-defined grouping of messages, comprising: receiving user input identifying a grouping of a plurality of message senders to group together in a common sender group, the user input comprising a regex rule definition including a plurality of regex patterns and one or more constructs for grouping messages of different message types from the plurality of message senders together; modifying received messages of two or more different message types from one or more of the plurality of message senders by modifying an existing message address in each of the received messages with a common sender group attribute in a message header of the received messages based upon the received user input wherein the common sender group attribute is a modified message address and identifies the messages from the one or more of the plurality of message senders as being from a common sender; and grouping the received messages received from the plurality of message senders with the common sender group attribute into a grouped conversation.