Patent ID: 6349299
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for storing selected electronic contact information into a record of a contact database comprising:a selection module that permits a user to select electronic contact information; an initiation module that enables a user to initiate parsing of the selected electronic contact information into fields of a record for storage in the contact database; a parsing module that dynamically parses the electronic contact information and assigns the parsed portions to fields of a record for storage in the contact database; a storage module that stores the parsed electronic contact information in the assigned fields in a record of the contact database; a recognized field extraction module that extracts recognized portions of the selected electronic contact information and assigns the recognized portions to corresponding recognized fields from a record of the contact database; a remaining field assignment module that assigns the remaining selected electronic contact information into fields from the record of the contact database according to a predetermined order of assignment; and a field array generation module that generates an array of field values from the selected electronic contact information.