Patent ID: 9652123
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A method performed by one or more processors of a mobile computing device, the method comprising: receiving a record that is at least one member of a group consisting of an email, a text message, and an instant message; in response to receiving the record, automatically analyzing text in the record to identify a data item that contains a sequence of characters that is actionable to initiate communication with another device; presenting the record on a contact-sensitive display of the mobile computing device while displaying the sequence of characters as a selectable link on the contact-sensitive display; detecting a user touching the selectable link displayed on the contact-sensitive display; and in response to detecting the user touching the selectable link, presenting, on the contact-sensitive display, a user-selectable menu including at least one option to add the identified data item to a corresponding contact of a contact record database stored on the mobile computing device.