Patent ID: 8645473
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of managing electronic mail comprising: receiving a first email addressed to a first recipient; assigning a rating to the first email based at least in part on a prior interaction of the first recipient with a second email and prior interaction of a second recipient with a third email, wherein the third email is received by the second recipient and has attributes similar to attributes of the first email; preparing for display a list of emails, including the first email, in a rating-based order; receiving a user-initiated change to the rating, which was assigned to the first email based at least in part on a prior interaction of the first recipient with a second email and prior interaction of a second recipient with a third email; and after receiving the user-initiated change to the rating of the first email, preparing the list of emails, including the first email, for redisplay in a changed rating-based order; the method further comprising reading information from an email log, wherein the assigning includes assigning the rating to the first email based, at least in part, on the information read from the email log; wherein the email log includes information related to a set of emails, the information including how often each email was read, how quickly each email is deleted and the number of emails in a thread.