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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Oscar J. Blass, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Men T. Lien, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Rodrigo Jose Pastrana, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Roberto Vila, Hollywood, FL (US);
Oscar J. Blass, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Men T. Lien, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Rodrigo Jose Pastrana, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Roberto Vila, Hollywood, FL (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for handling contact information in a communication device. The method can include a step of presenting content within a visual interface of the communication device. A contact detection algorithm can execute to detect contact items included in the content. A visual indication can be presented next to each detected contact item. User input can be received, which causes the communication device to perform a contact action relating to one of the contact items. The contact action can add contact information to an address book, can initiate a communication session, and/or can place the contact item in a memory space for later use by an application other than one in which the content was presented.