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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Fabio Pettinati, San Jose, CA (US);
John-anthony Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Perlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Fabio Pettinati, San Jose, CA (US);
John-Anthony Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Perlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A contact text box interface for resolving user input with contact information selected from contact directories and compared against usage patterns. Users are provided with a list of potentially relevant contacts from which a selection can be made. When a contact is selected, the corresponding and appropriate contact information is automatically provided to the application. Various criteria can be used to identify which contacts will be presented to the user and how they will be presented.