Patent ID: 8417706

Claim:
A method for acting on a plurality of electronic messages in an electronic device so as to visualize trends and respond to electronic messages grouped in common-themed sets, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the plurality of electronic messages from electronic devices; partitioning each of the plurality of electronic messages into a plurality of message components and then labeling the plurality of message components to create a composite message; grouping the plurality of electronic messages in the form of composite messages into common-themed set groupings composed of those composite messages exhibiting similar message components; viewing the common-themed set grouping in the form of a graph; selecting one of the common-themed set groupings and determining actions to be taken with regard to the electronic messages grouped in the common-themed set groupings including responding to the electronic messages grouped in the common-themed set groupings, deleting the electronic messages grouped in the common-themed set groupings, and flagging the electronic messages grouped in the common-themed set groupings for later response; where it is determined to respond to the electronic messages grouped in the common-themed set groupings, further including the step of determining an appropriate response to each of the plurality of electronic messages grouped in the common-themed set grouping that has been selected and responding only to each sender of the plurality of electronic messages in the common-themed set grouping by sending an electronic message through a communication network to the electronic devices.