Patent ID: 7426689
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying text information and making the text information available for one or more applications, said system comprising: a vehicle consumer services interface; an electronic device communicating text information to the vehicle consumer services interface via a wireless link, wherein the electronic device comprises personal digital assistant functionality; an application for performing a function; memory provided in the vehicle consumer services interface for storing a text format database comprising pro forma text formats that define known text formats, wherein the pro forma text formats comprise patterns of predefined characters; and a processor provided in the vehicle consumer services interface for processing the text information, said processor comparing the text information to the known pro forma text formats to recognize a character pattern of the text information and determining a text format of the text information, wherein the processor tags the text information according to the determined text format based on an XML schema and makes the tagged text information available to the application.