Patent ID: 6226630
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for organizing received information for a user, comprising:a received information database storing a received message;a filter responsive to said received message, said filter generating indices of portions of said received message, said filter storing said indices into a index database such that said indices (i) are associated with said portions and said received message, and (ii) enable subsequent retrieval of said received message from a search on the indices;a plurality of message folders, each folder storing a previously defined search query; anda search engine coupled to said received information database, said index database and said plurality of message folders, in response to user selection of a desired one of the message folders the search engine (i) searching at least said index database for received messages satisfying a search query stored in the user selected message folder and (ii) enabling display of received messages satisfying said search query, such that received messages appear to a user to be stored in the user selected message folder.