Patent ID: 8677245

Claim:
An apparatus to group and display messages, the apparatus comprising: a message box generation unit to verify a grouping condition with respect to messages, and to generate group message boxes obtained by grouping the messages in accordance with the grouping condition; a screen configuration unit to configure an output screen by outputting a reference axis to arrange the group message boxes in accordance with the grouping condition, and by connecting the group message boxes with the reference axis, wherein the screen configuration unit configures the reference axis to be vertically or horizontally output on the output screen, arranges the group message boxes on the left and right of the reference axis in response to the reference axis being vertically output, and arranges the group message boxes above and below the reference axis in response to the reference axis being horizontally output; and a user interface unit to drag the reference axis in an axis direction to designate a search range, and to adjust the search range displayed on the output screen by increasing or reducing a width of the reference axis.