Patent ID: 7158986

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for creating a personalized display of electronic-mail documents for a user, comprising the steps of: creating a database entry in a database, the entry including a user ID for each user of a client document server, wherein the client document server is coupled to an electronic-mail client; tracking requests by the user for access to at least one document on the client document server, wherein the requests are tracked using a tracking module; storing, in the database, information regarding each document requested by the user, the information regarding each document comprising information obtained from textual analysis of each of the requested documents; analyzing the stored information including the information obtained from textual analysis of each document requested by the user to construct a profile of the user, wherein the profile of the user is associated with the user ID and wherein analyzing the stored information comprises: parsing a set of stored information including information regarding at least one document viewed by the user; and determining at least one common theme or concept of the set of stored information; determining interests of the user based on at least the user profile, the determination being made by at least one recommendation software application; and providing the user with electronic mail notifications comprising recommendation information with regard to viewing additional documents on the client document server, wherein the recommendation information notifications are generated based upon at least the determined interests of the user.