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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Vignesh Sachidanandam, Seattle, WA (US);

Ned Bearer Friend, Seattle, WA (US);

Hiroshi Tsukahara, Bellevue, WA (US);

Peter Loren Engrav, Seattle, WA (US);

Scott Stiles, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/26 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

Prioritized and categorized presentation of incoming communications is provided based on characteristics of the communications such as sender, recipients, subject, body content, recipient's past interactions, and similar ones. User or administrator defined explicit rules and configurations may be taken into consideration along with analysis results of incoming communication attributes and user history in determining a category and a priority level for the incoming communication. The incoming communication may then be presented according to the determined category and priority level along with tools for the recipient to modify automatic determinations and otherwise interact with the communication.


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