METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING EMAIL MESSAGES

1 - 23 . (canceled)

24 . A method comprising:

accessing, by a computing device, a set of email messages associated with an email mailbox;

analyzing, via the computing device, said set of email messages, and based on said analysis, identifying email content of each email message;

generating, by the computing device, a message card for each email message in said set of email messages, each message card comprising a portion of identified email content of a respective email message in said set of email messages;

configuring, via the computing device, a graphical display format of said message cards, said format providing an initial display of how each message card is displayed respective to other message cards, said format further providing a configuration that causes an action toolbar to be displayed within a displayed message card upon detection of interaction with said displayed message card, said action toolbar enabling interaction with all of a message card's corresponding email message's email content without having to open the email message or message card; and

communicating, by the computing device, the graphical display format to a display device, said communication causing each message card to display said portion of identified email content until said interaction occurs via said action toolbar.

25 . The method of claim 24 , further comprising:

analyzing the set of messages, and based on said analysis, identifying metadata related to the messages; and

causing said metadata to be displayed within each corresponding message's message card.

26 . The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

accessing, over a network, a whitelist comprising with domain information of known message senders;

comparing said metadata to domain information on said whitelist; and

modifying a message card when said metadata matches at least a portion of said domain information.

27 . The method of claim 25 , wherein said metadata comprises information selected from a group consisting of: domain identifier, date, sender identifier and an importance identifier.

28 . The method of claim 24 , further comprising:

detecting, based on said analysis of a message within said set of messages, settings indicating instructions for generating a message card for said message, said settings dictating types of information that are permitted to be included in said message card for said message.

29 . The method of claim 28 , wherein said settings comprise instructions set by a sender of a message prior to its transmission to said mailbox.

30 . The method of claim 28 , wherein said settings control at least one of a format of said message card, and color, size and content of the message card.

31 . The method of claim 24 , wherein a format of said message cards are based on display characteristics of said display device.

32 . The method of claim 24 , further comprising:

determining, based on said analysis, that a message comprises an attachment;

generating an image that is to be displayed within a message card for said message.

33 . The method of claim 24 , wherein, when said message comprises a plurality of attachments, navigation icons are generated and displayed within said message enabling navigation between the different attachments.

35 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a computing device, perform a method comprising:

accessing, by the computing device, a set of email messages associated with an email mailbox;

analyzing, via the computing device, said set of email messages, and based on said analysis, identifying email content of each email message;

generating, by the computing device, a message card for each email message in said set of email messages, each message card comprising a portion of identified email content of a respective email message in said set of email messages;

configuring, via the computing device, a graphical display format of said message cards, said format providing an initial display of how each message card is displayed respective to other message cards, said format further providing a configuration that causes an action toolbar to be displayed within a displayed message card upon detection of interaction with said displayed message card, said action toolbar enabling interaction with all of a message card's corresponding email message's email content without having to open the email message or message card; and

communicating, by the computing device, the graphical display format to a display device, said communication causing each message card to display said portion of identified email content until said interaction occurs via said action toolbar.

36 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 35 , further comprising:

analyzing the set of messages, and based on said analysis, identifying metadata related to the messages; and

causing said metadata to be displayed within each corresponding message's message card.

37 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 36 , further comprising:

accessing, over a network, a whitelist comprising with domain information of known message senders;

comparing said metadata to domain information on said whitelist; and

modifying a message card when said metadata matches at least a portion of said domain information.

38 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 36 , wherein said metadata comprises information selected from a group consisting of: domain identifier, date, sender identifier and an importance identifier.

39 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 35 , further comprising:

detecting, based on said analysis of a message within said set of messages, settings indicating instructions for generating a message card for said message, said settings dictating types of information that are permitted to be included in said message card for said message.

40 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 39 , wherein said settings comprise instructions set by a sender of a message prior to its transmission to said mailbox, wherein said settings control at least one of a format of said message card, and color, size and content of the message card.

41 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein a format of said message cards are based on display characteristics of said display device.

42 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 35 , further comprising:

determining, based on said analysis, that a message comprises an attachment;

generating an image that is to be displayed within a message card for said message.

43 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein, when said message comprises a plurality of attachments, navigation icons are generated and displayed within said message enabling navigation between the different attachments.

44 . A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:

logic executed by the processor for accessing, by the computing device, a set of email messages associated with an email mailbox;

logic executed by the processor for analyzing, via the computing device, said set of email messages, and based on said analysis, identifying email content of each email message;

logic executed by the processor for generating, by the computing device, a message card for each email message in said set of email messages, each message card comprising a portion of identified email content of a respective email message in said set of email messages;

logic executed by the processor for configuring, via the computing device, a graphical display format of said message cards, said format providing an initial display of how each message card is displayed respective to other message cards, said format further providing a configuration that causes an action toolbar to be displayed within a displayed message card upon detection of interaction with said displayed message card, said action toolbar enabling interaction with all of a message card's corresponding email message's email content without having to open the email message or message card; and

logic executed by the processor for communicating, by the computing device, the graphical display format to a display device, said communication causing each message card to display said portion of identified email content until said interaction occurs via said action toolbar.