Patent ID: 7917587
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer system for determining priority of a communication having persons who are participants in the communication, the method comprising: identifying sender and recipient relationships between persons, the persons including senders and recipients of communications, the relationships being sender and recipient relationships such that a sender and recipient relationship between a first person and a second person occurs when the first person is a sender of a communication and the second person is a recipient of that communication by: identifying distribution list relationships between persons, the persons being on distribution lists for communications, the relationships being distribution lists relationships such that a relationship between a first person and a second person occurs when the first person and the second person are on the same distribution list by: calculating a sender and recipient importance of each person based on the sender and recipient relationships calculating a distribution list importance of each person based on the identified distribution list relationships calculating an importance for each person based on the sender and recipient importance and the distribution list importance of that person; and calculating the priority of the communication based on the calculated importance of a participant in the communication.