Patent ID: 6725228
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for organizing electronic messages comprising:providing an electronic message, the electronic message comprising a plurality of properties; generating a plurality of shortcuts to the electronic message, each of the shortcuts comprising a record in a database, each record comprising a FolderId value associating the shortcut with a different one of a plurality of folders and a MessageId value associating the shortcut with the message wherein each of the records comprises a SortKey value, and the method comprises: identifying a sort field for at least one of the folders; and, for each of a plurality of shortcuts associated with the at least one of the folders setting the SortKey value based upon a value corresponding to the shortcut in the sort field wherein setting the SortKey value for each of the shortcuts comprises retrieving a most significant portion of a value for the sort field corresponding to the shortcut and basing the SortKey value on the most significant portion of the value for the sort field.