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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
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);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
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.