Patent ID: 8296372
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving a plurality of messages at a server computer via a computer network; determining a set of messages from the plurality of messages, each message in the set of messages relating to a message stored in a computer memory; the determining comprises comparing the plurality of messages and the stored message on a common attribute, in which the common attribute is a unique message identifier and a subject attribute; merging the set of messages with the stored message to generate a merged electronic message; the merging comprises: including a status block in the merged electronic message, the status block comprising a list of not responded recipients of the stored message and a status of the stored message for each recipient in the list; and transmitting the merged electronic message to a destination computer via the computer network, the transmitting is initiating according to a transmission rule based on a number of messages received in reply to the stored message.