Patent ID: 8504634
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An e-mail management system comprising: one or more computer processors; an e-mail data retrieval manager executing in the one or more computer processors and configured to access metadata associated with a first set of e-mail messages representative of a first state of the e-mail management system; and an e-mail browser configured to display: wherein, in response to the user providing the indication of the past point in time, the e-mail data retrieval manager is further configured to: wherein at least some of the e-mail messages in the first and second sets have attachments associated therewith, the metadata associated with the first and second sets including indicators as to the presence of the attachments, the email management system being configured to store the metadata associated with the first and second sets in a separate storage device from the attachments associated with the first and second sets, and to access the attachments after specific request by the user.