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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2007
Applicants:

Bruce Johnson, Woodinville, WA (US);

Anoop Gupta, Woodinville, WA (US);

Mary P. Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);

Pavel Curtis, Bellevue, WA (US);

Richard J. Mcaniff, Bellevue, WA (US);

Raymond E. Ozzie, Seattle, WA (US);

Roger S. Barga, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Bruce Johnson, Woodinville, WA (US);

Anoop Gupta, Woodinville, WA (US);

Mary P. Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);

Pavel Curtis, Bellevue, WA (US);

Richard J. McAniff, Bellevue, WA (US);

Raymond E. Ozzie, Seattle, WA (US);

Roger S. Barga, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

As incoming communications are received, a priority or significance level can be assigned to each communication. A communication determined to have a high priority can be presented to a user at substantially the same time as receiving the communication. A communication having a low priority can be placed in a low priority folder or flagged differently from a high priority communication (e.g., different color-coding). Behavior of a user as it relates to a received communication can be observed for learning purposes or to modify one or more classifications or priority levels.


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