Patent ID: 8368525

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a client device, a message, wherein the message is associated with a first time indicator and a first intended recipient of the message, said first time indicator indicative of an urgency of a particular task associated with said message, wherein the urgency of the particular task is associated with a deadline to respond to the message; determining, by the client device, a change of the urgency of the particular task based upon, at least in part, the deadline to respond to the message; dynamically updating, by the client device, the first time indicator responsive to the determination of the change of the urgency of the particular task associated with the message; and displaying, by the client device, the updated first time indicator associated with the message; wherein a second time indicator is associated with the message and with a second intended recipient of the message, the second time indicator different than the first time indicator, the second time indicator indicative of an urgency of another particular task associated with said message, and wherein the second time indicator is associated with the second intended recipient based upon, at least in part, associating the other particular task with the second intended recipient.