Systems and methods for creating and displaying an electronic communication digest

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for creating an electronic communication digest. In one implementation, a system receives a first electronic communication including first content, and generates an electronic communication digest that reflects the first electronic communication by including first digest content generated based on the first content. The system receives a second electronic communication that includes second content, and determines a repeated portion of the second content that is included in the first content and a unique portion of the second content that is unique to the first content. The system also update the electronic communication digest to reflect the second electronic communication by adding second digest content generated that includes the unique portion of the content and does not include the repeated portion of the second content.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for creating an electronic communication digest, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions to direct the processor to perform operations comprising:
 receiving a first electronic communication including first content, 
 generating first digest content based on the first content, 
 generating an electronic communication digest that reflects the first electronic communication by including the first digest content in the electronic communication digest, 
 receiving a second electronic communication that includes second content, 
 determining a repeated portion of the second content that is included in the first content and a unique portion of the second content that is unique to the first content, and 
 updating the electronic communication digest to reflect the second electronic communication by adding to the electronic communication digest second digest content that includes the unique portion of the content and does not include the repeated portion of the second content. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 automatically updating the electronic communication digest each time a new electronic communication related to the first electronic communication is received to reflect the newly received electronic communication.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 generating data to display an interface including the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , the operations further comprising:
 generating the data to display the electronic communication digest as a graphical diagram, the graphical diagram including:
 a first node representing the first digest content, 
 a second node representing the second digest content, and 
 a link between the first node and the second node representing a relationship between the first digest content and the second digest content. 
   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , the operations further comprising:
 automatically generating a new node and a new link each time a new electronic communication related to the first electronic communication is received; and   automatically adding the new node and the new link to the graphical diagram based on a relationship between the new electronic communication and other electronic communications represented by existing nodes in the graphical diagram.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , the operations further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a node that represents an electronic communication; and   displaying the electronic communication represented by the node responsive to receiving the selection.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 3 , the operations further comprising:
 receiving a command to perform an action; and   performing the commanded action on one or more of the electronic communications represented by the electronic communication digest,   wherein the commanded action includes at least one from the group consisting of moving, copying, archiving, and deleting the one or more electronic communications represented by the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 generating data to display an interface including the second electronic communication;   receiving, via the interface including the second electronic communication, a command to view the electronic communication digest; and   generating, responsive to the received command, data to display the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 extracting first header information from the first electronic communication;   generating condensed first header information based on the first header information; and   adding the condensed first header information to the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 accessing a list of words; and   generating the first digest content by eliminating any word from the first content that is included in the list of words.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 determining that the second electronic communication is related to the first electronic communication responsive to determining that an identifier of the second electronic communication is identical to a unique identifier of the first electronic communication.   
     
     
         12 . A computer-implemented method for creating an electronic communication digest, comprising:
 receiving a first electronic communication including first content;   generating first digest content based on the first content,   generating, by one or more processors, an electronic communication digest that reflects the first electronic communication by including the first digest content in the electronic communication digest;   receiving a second electronic communication that includes second content;   determining a repeated portion of the second content that is included in the first content and a unique portion of the second content that is unique to the first content; and   updating the electronic communication digest to reflect the second electronic communication by adding to the electronic communication digest second digest content that includes the unique portion of the content and does not include the repeated portion of the second content.   
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 automatically updating the electronic communication digest each time a new electronic communication related to the first electronic communication is received to reflect the newly received electronic communication.   
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 generating data to display an interface including the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         15 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 generating the data to display the electronic communication digest as a graphical diagram, the graphical diagram including:
 a first node representing the first digest content, 
 a second node representing the second digest content, and 
 a link between the first node and the second node representing a relationship between the first digest content and the second digest content. 
   
     
     
         16 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 automatically generating a new node and a new link each time a new electronic communication related to the first electronic communication is received; and   automatically adding the new node and the new link to the graphical diagram based on a relationship between the new electronic communication and other electronic communications represented by existing nodes in the graphical diagram.   
     
     
         17 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a node that represents an electronic communication; and   displaying the electronic communication represented by the node responsive to receiving the selection.   
     
     
         18 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 receiving a command to perform an action; and   performing the commanded action on one or more of the electronic communications represented by the electronic communication digest,   wherein the commanded action includes at least one from the group consisting of moving, copying, archiving, and deleting the one or more electronic communications represented by the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         19 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 generating data to display an interface including the second electronic communication;   receiving, via the interface including the second electronic communication, a command to view the electronic communication digest; and   generating, responsive to the received command, data to display the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         20 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 extracting first header information from the first electronic communication;   generating condensed first header information based on the first header information; and   adding the condensed first header information to the electronic communication digest.   
     
     
         21 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 accessing a list of words; and   generating the first digest content by eliminating any word from the first content that is included in the list of words.   
     
     
         22 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 determining that the second electronic communication is related to the first electronic communication responsive to determining that an identifier of the second electronic communication is identical to a unique identifier of the first electronic communication.   
     
     
         23 . A system for creating an electronic communication digest, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions to direct the processor to perform operations comprising:
 generating an electronic communication digest that includes digest content representing content of a first electronic communication; 
 receiving a plurality of related electronic communications that are related to the first electronic communication, each related electronic communication including content; and 
 for each related electronic communication:
 determining a unique portion of the content that is not included in the electronic communication digest; and 
 adding the unique portion to the electronic communication digest.