Patent ID: 9241063
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method of electronic communication, comprising: in a first application executing on a client device: receiving an e-mail message and corresponding metadata; displaying the e-mail message or information associated with the e-mail message in the first application; retrieving a phone number corresponding to the sender of the email from nonviewable metadata associated with the email or a contact entry matching the sender in an external source of contact information, wherein the phone number is not viewable in the displayed email; while displaying the e-mail message or the information associated with the e-mail message in the first application, providing a plurality of options for responding to the e-mail message in the first application, including an option to call the sender of the e-mail message using the phone number; while displaying the e-mail message or the information associated with the e-mail message in the first application, enabling user selection of the option to call the sender of the e-mail message; and in response to user selection of the option to call the sender of the e-mail message, initiating a call to the sender of the e-mail message using the phone number.