Telephone number parsing and linking

Details Telephone number parsing and linking Telephone number parsing and linking

2003-11-04

2010-11-16

Phan, Joseph T (Department: 2614)

Telephonic communications

Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis

Display of message related information

C379S088130, C379S088220, C455S466000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07835504

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to identifying phone numbers in a text string including multiple data types and multiple number formatting types. A device such as a mobile device receives text strings from, for example, a memory, a networked content provider, another mobile device, or a keypad. A parsing engine comprises a telephone number module to analyze the text string by applying a set of parsing rules from a parsing rules database that describe telephone number characteristics. The parsing engine also comprises a non-telephone number module to identify non-telephone numbers such as an IP address, an email, a social security number, or the like. The parsing engine outputs parsing information including identified telephone numbers to a display application. The display application renders a user interface that displays the text string other than the telephone number in a first format and the telephone number in a second format including an activatable link.

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