Patent ID: 8073914
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An electronic mail communication device, comprising: a receiving device that receives an electronic mail; a sending device that sends an electronic mail; a communicated mail storage device configured to store electronic mails received by the receiving device and electronic mails sent by the sending device; a sequence map creation device that creates a sequence map in which correspondent objects corresponding to the correspondents of a series of electronic mails relating to the electronic mail received by the receiving device are arranged along an x direction, and transmission objects indicating from whom and to whom each of the series of electronic mails was transmitted are arranged along a y direction in order of the date and time of communication; and an output device that outputs the sequence map created by the sequence map creation device, wherein in a case where message IDs that identify the series of electronic mails are included in the electronic mail received by the receiving device, the sequence map creation device identifies the correspondents of the series of electronic mails by searching the communicated mail storage device using the message IDs, and creates the correspondent objects and the transmission objects based on the identified correspondents.