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1. A device comprising:
a processor, a display device, a memory storing a messaging application and a ranking engine, and a communication interface, the processor configured to:
provide, at the display device, a thread of messages at an inbox of the messaging application;after providing, at the display device, the thread of messages, generate a suppressed thread of messages from the thread of messages by: removing the thread of messages from the inbox at the display device such that none of the messages in the thread of messages are provided at the inbox at the display device, while simultaneously storing the suppressed thread in the memory;process the ranking engine to: rank contacts in a contact list with a ranking level in a non-binary ranking scale based on ranking criteria;receive, using the communication interface, a new message associated with the suppressed thread; and,automatically unsuppress the suppressed thread when one or more of:
the new message is from a contact in the contact list and the ranking level of the contact is greater than a threshold ranking level; and,the contact that has the ranking level that is greater than the threshold ranking level has been added as a recipient of the new message as compared to at least a last message in the suppressed thread,wherein to automatically unsuppress the suppressed thread, all the messages in the thread, including previous messages and the new message, are again provided at the inbox of the messaging application at the display device, the previous messages being automatically restored at the inbox. |
