Patent ID: 8903928

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for organizing a message thread containing at least two messages, the method comprising: identifying, with at least one processor, a root message; and identifying, with at least one processor, at least two reply groups that depend from the root message, each reply group including at least two child reply messages made in response to a parent message sent by a first user and including a first portion and a second portion in a content area, wherein the parent message is the root message for one reply group, and at least one of the two child reply messages is sent by a second user and includes: a duplicate of original content of the corresponding parent message; a first inline response within the duplicate of the original content of the parent message and related to the first portion of the parent message, wherein the first inline response is displayed between the first portion and the second portion in the original content of the parent message with a first header providing information identifying the second user; and a second inline response related to the second portion of the parent message, wherein the second inline response is displayed after the second portion of the original content of the parent message with a second header providing information identifying the second user and displayed after the second portion.