Patent ID: 8209617

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: utilizing a first body of information to obtain a second body of information and a third body of information, the first body of information including a message thread comprising a plurality of messages, the second body of information including a first attachment to one of the plurality of messages, the third body of information including a second attachment to another one of the plurality of messages, the second and the third bodies of information being identified in the first body of information; computing a focus of at least a portion of the first body of information, the focus being based on a topic of the first body of information; utilizing a processor that is a component of a computer to compute a focused summary of the second body of information and a focused summary of the third body of information, the first and the second focused summaries being based at least in part on the computed focus of the first body of information, the focused summaries including only information from the second and the third bodies of information that is relevant to the topic of the first body of information; and displaying a graphical user interface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including an indication of the message thread and indications of the first and the second attachments, the second portion including the computed focused summaries of the second and the third bodies of information.