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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Victoria M. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ian E. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark A. Howard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Albany, CA (US);
Christine M. Neuwirth, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard R. Burton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victoria M. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ian E. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark A. Howard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Albany, CA (US);
Christine M. Neuwirth, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard R. Burton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for managing and tracking information 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.