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1. A computer-implemented method of performing email communication search to create and save a search result context, comprising:
accessing email communication and related data from a first data repository, wherein related data comprises people, groups, domains of email addresses and attachment of the email communications; generating and storing, in a second data repository, an index from the email communication and related data based on relationships entailed in the email communications, wherein the index is used for searching and creating contextual relationship; and retrieving desired email communications and related data, in response to a request based on at least one input from a user, the input comprising the user choosing at least one filter; generating a contextual relationship from the index of the retrieved email communications, wherein the contextual relationship comprising a social network that represents a network of groups of people, groups of domains, and connection types; and generating a search result context based on the retrieved contextual relationship, email communications and related data, wherein the search result context can be displayed in people based view, domain based view, email based view or attachment based view; processing the search result context by: retrieving specific groups of people, groups of domains, or connection types relating to the search result context; and graphically representing the retrieved network of groups of people, groups of domains, or connection types to the user, the graphical representing including displaying icons that visually provide a conceptual map of the user of how each of the groups of people and groups of domains for which at least another user belonging thereto has communicated emails to/from the user are connected to the user; displaying a people view textual list of persons who have communicated emails with the user, and displaying a numerical number of emails exchanged in current search result context between the user and each person listed in the people view textual list; displaying a view of all the people related to the search result context and type of connection shared with the displayed people, where the type of connections displayed include a direct connection, a one-way connection, and an indirection connection, the one- way connection comprising the user either receiving or sending an e-mail communication, and indirect connection comprising hidden relationship without the user directly receiving or sending e-mail communication; and saving the search result context and automatically classifying new emails into the search result context based on matching contextual relationship. |
