Patent ID: 7454466
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system comprising a device for managing and tracking information items within a first message-based system device, the first message-based system device being one of a set of message-based system devices within a workgroup, the first message-based system device having a viewer, the system comprising: a thrask generating module generating a plurality of thrasks, each of the thrasks including at least one message information item that is assigned a set of metadata, the metadata relating to priorities and events of information items and including at least one of the group of a deadline, a reminder, a deferral and an obligation, and including task information independent of the message information of the thrask; a sorting module sorting a new message information item into one of the thrasks in accordance with at least one criterion; a display module displaying one or more of the thrasks and at least one of the metadata assigned to each of the message information items in each of the displayed thrasks in the viewer; and an updating module updating the thrasks and at least one of the metadata based on at least one of user input, archived data in a database, time and progress.