Electronic message sorting and notification system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6396513
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08645740

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The invention concerns an improved electronic mail system, wherein incoming mail is automatically sorted into mailboxes, based on criteria defined by the user. In addition, the user can rank the mailboxes in order of importance, and the mailboxes are presented to the user in the order of rank. The user can also establish thresholds for any measurable characteristic of a mailbox. For example, one measurable characteristic may be the total number of unread messages. The user may choose to be informed when the total number of unread messages exceeds a threshold. If the threshold is set to ten, for example, then, when the eleventh message is received, the system triggers an alarm, notifying the user. The system also includes an interface which displays multiple windows to the user simultaneously, showing not only the contents of mail messages, but also other information about the user's mail, such as the ranking of the mailboxes and the criteria for triggering alarms.

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AT&T CORP32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10013

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Helfman, Jonathan Isaac Gillette, NJ 8 659
Isbell, Charles Lee Cambridge, MA 1 234

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