System and method for displaying message-related relationships
View Patent ↗A system and method for displaying message-related relationships is provided. Messages are analyzed by identifying entities associated with each message, wherein the entities include senders and recipients of the messages and by accumulating a number of messages communicated between each sender and each recipient. A social network is created by connecting one or more of the senders and recipients via a link based on the number of messages communicated between that sender and that recipient. A semantic network is generated from concepts of the messages. The social network and the semantic network are simultaneously displayed.
1. A system for displaying message-related relationships, comprising:
an analysis module to analyze messages, comprising:
an entity identification module to identify entities associated with each message, wherein the entities comprise senders and recipients of the messages; and
a communication module to accumulate a number of messages communicated between each sender and each recipient;
a social network generator to create a social network by connecting one or more of the senders and recipients via a link based on the number of messages communicated between that sender and that recipient;
a semantic network generator to generate a semantic network comprising concepts of the messages; and
a display module to simultaneously display the social network and the semantic network.
2. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an association module to associate all known addresses for each entity; and
an identification module to identify the messages with the known addresses as associated with that entity.
3. A system according to claim 1 , wherein each entity comprises one of an individual and a corporation.
4. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reduction module to reduce the social network based on one or more of the concepts selected from the semantic network by a user.
5. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a representation module to represent each entity as a node in the social network; and
a determination module to determine a size of the node for each entity based on a number of different concepts contained in at least one of the messages sent by that entity and received by that entity.
6. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an indicator module to assign to each link, a visual indicator representing the number of messages.
7. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:
a visual indicator module to increase a size of the link as the number of messages communicated increases and to decrease the size of the link as the number of messages decreases.
8. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a visual indicator module to assign a color to at least one of the links representing a flow of one or more messages from the sender to the recipient and to assign a further color to the at least one link representing a flow of one or more messages from the recipient to the sender.
9. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an identification module to identify one of the links selected by a user; and to present at least one of the messages that is communicated between the sender and the recipient connected by the identified link.
10. A system according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a presentation module to present the concepts included in the identified messages.
11. A method for displaying message-related relationships, comprising:
analyzing messages, comprising:
identifying entities associated with each message, wherein the entities comprise senders and recipients of the messages; and
accumulating a number of messages communicated between each sender and each recipient;
creating a social network by connecting one or more of the senders and recipients via a link based on the number of messages communicated between that sender and that recipient;
generating a semantic network comprising concepts of the messages; and
simultaneously displaying the social network and the semantic network.
12. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
associating all known addresses for each entity; and
identifying the messages with the known addresses as associated with that entity.
13. A method according to claim 11 , wherein each entity comprises one of an individual and a corporation.
14. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
reducing the social network based on one or more of the concepts selected from the semantic network by a user.
15. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
representing each entity as a node in the social network; and
determining a size of the node for each entity based on a number of different concepts contained in at least one of the messages sent by that entity and received by that entity.
16. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
assigning to each link, a visual indicator representing the number of messages.
17. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising at least one of:
increasing a size of the link as the number of messages communicated increases; and
decreasing the size of the link as the number of messages decreases.
18. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
assigning a color to at least one of the links representing a flow of one or more messages from the sender to the recipient; and
assigning a further color to the at least one link representing a flow of one or more messages from the recipient to the sender.
19. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying one of the links selected by a user; and
presenting at least one of the messages that is communicated between the sender and the recipient connected by the identified link.
20. A method according to claim 19 , further comprising:
presenting the concepts included in the identified messages.