Patent ID: 8713122

Claim:
A method for indicating a relevance of an email, the method comprising the steps of: a computer receiving from a first recipient of the email a first report of a measure of relevance of the email to the first recipient as assigned by the first recipient; the computer receiving from a second recipient of the email a second report of a measure of relevance of the email to the second recipient as assigned by the second recipient; the computer calculating an average measure of relevance value of the email by averaging the first and second measures of relevance of the email assigned by the first and second recipients of the email, respectively, wherein the average measure of relevance value indicates an average degree of relevance of the email to the first recipient and to the second recipient; and the computer inserting an icon into a subject line of the email to represent the average measure of relevance value and directing display of the email in an email reader of a third recipient of the email in an order position in the email reader of the third recipient relative to other emails in the email reader of the third recipient, wherein the order position is based in part on the average measure of relevance value of the email for which the average measure of relevance value was calculated.