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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Andrew D. Padawer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jessie D. Tenenbaum, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter G. Chin, Seattle, WA (US);
Susan E. Pappalardo, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert P. St. Pierre, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew D. Padawer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jessie D. Tenenbaum, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter G. Chin, Seattle, WA (US);
Susan E. Pappalardo, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert P. St. Pierre, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed toward a computer-implemented system and method for associating a contact with a telephone number. The method includes determining a set of candidate contacts from within a contact information database related to the telephone number, searching the set of candidate contacts for a matching contact and displaying a rich display of contact-related information obtained from the matching contact. In addition, the method may include linking to the contact-related information. Identifying the set of candidate contacts includes performing a Boyer Moore fast approximation. In addition, a tail end match may be performed to determine whether one of the candidate contacts matches the call ID.