Graphically indicating relevancy of electronic messages

摘要

Methods and systems for determining a relevancy of an electronic message, and for graphically indicating the relevancy to a user are disclosed. A method may include receiving an electronic message, such as an email, at an electronic messaging system. The method may also include determining a relevance level of the electronic message to a user based on one or both of a number of primary addressees and a number of secondary addressees identified in the electronic message. Further, the method may include displaying graphical indicia based on the relevance level.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a plurality of electronic messages at an electronic messaging system of a user; and for each of the electronic messages:
determining whether the user is either a primary addressee or a secondary addressee;determining a number of other users identified as a primary addressee and a number of other users identified as a secondary addressee;determining first graphical indicia based on the user being a primary addressee and the number of other users identified as a primary addressee;determining second graphical indicia based on the user being a secondary addressee and the number of other users identified as a secondary addressee;determining third graphical indicia based on the user being a primary addressee or a secondary addressee;defining first and second portions within a display space associated with each of the electronic messages;displaying a first indicator to indicate that the first portion is designated for display of relevancy information based on the primary addressee;displaying a second indicator to indicate that the second portion is designated for display of relevancy information based on the secondary addressee;displaying the first and second graphical indicia within the first and second portion, respectively; anddisplaying the third graphical indicia within one of the first and second portions in response to determining that the user is the primary addressee or the secondary addressee.