Patent ID: 8977607
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a network interface device configured to receive and retransmit electronic messages between a first user and a second user; an electronic data storage configured to store a first database and a second database, each database configured to store database entries related to electronic messages as received and retransmitted by the network interface device, at least some of the database entries including a binary latest message in thread flag identifying a latest electronic message in a thread of multiple electronic messages as stored in a respective one of the first database and the second database, wherein the first database corresponds to electronic messages received from the network interface device and retransmitted to the first user and the second database corresponds to electronic messages received from the network interface device and retransmitted to the second user; and a processor, coupled to the electronic data storage, configured to: wherein the first electronic message is transmitted from the first user to the network interface and retransmitted from the network interface to the second user, wherein the database entry is a first database entry created in the first database, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate a second database entry corresponding to the first electronic message in the second database; wherein the first database entry includes an inbox field having a false binary entry and the second database entry includes an inbox field having a true binary field; and wherein, for each of the first database and the second database, the latest message in thread flag is set to true for a latest database entry in the thread that includes the inbox field having the false binary entry and is set to true for a latest database entry in the thread that has the inbox field having the true binary entry.