Patent ID: 8539030

Claim:
A system for managing digests comprising electronic messages, comprising: a selection criteria module to define a selection criteria that defines message-based content for a digest; a content module to define properties and characteristics of the content of the digest; a delivery criteria input module to accept a delivery criteria that specifies periodic sending of the digest to a user upon determining an inbox of the user is at a predetermined size and an activity level of the user satisfies a predetermined threshold; a construction module to construct the digest as a set of electronic messages, comprising: a digest management module to monitor a dynamic stream of the electronic messages and to evaluate one or more of the electronic messages by filtering the electronic messages against the selection criteria; and a digest information module to group only those electronic messages that satisfy the selection criteria into the digest to which the selection criteria corresponds; and a delivery module to periodically deliver the digest when a threshold count of electronic messages in the user's inbox is satisfied; and a processor to execute each of the modules, which are stored on a computer-readable storage medium.