Patent ID: 8341232
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: identifying, with a processor, one or more relationships between a target individual and one or more persons based at least in part on a plurality of emails, wherein the plurality of emails comprises: for each of the one or more relationships, calculating an amount of outbound emails; for each of the one or more relationships, calculating an amount of inbound emails; configuring a first outbound threshold for the amount of outbound emails; configuring a first inbound threshold for the amount of inbound emails; assigning, with the processor, a classification to each of the one or more relationships based at least in part on a comparison of the amount of outbound emails to the first outbound threshold and a comparison of the amount of inbound emails to the first inbound threshold; sorting, with the processor, the one or more relationships based at least in part on the classification assigned to each of the one or more relationships; storing information regarding the sorted relationships; and displaying a classification matrix on a graphical user interface, wherein the classification matrix visually depicts logic for assigning a classification to the one or more relationships based on a plurality of inbound thresholds and a plurality of outbound thresholds.