Inventors
Victoria M Bellotti, Ian E Smith, Mark A Howard, Nicolas B Ducheneaut, Christine M Neuwirth, Richard R Burton
Publication date
2006/8/8
Patent office
US
Patent number
7089287
Application number
10046581
Description
A method and a system for managing and tracking infor mation items Within a message-based system on a user system are disclosed. The message-based system has a vieWer. A thrask is generated. The thrask includes at least one information item having a set of metadata. A neW information is sorted into the thrask in accordance With at least one criterion. The thrask and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in the thrask are displayed in the vieWer.
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