Patent ID: 7158120

Claim:
A method of inputting an E-mail address into a communication device, the E-mail address having three text fields, the method comprising the steps of: (A) inputting a first set of text characters associated with a first text field of a field designed to hold an E-mail address in an electronic message; (B) the device detecting when an entry is being made in the field designed to hold the E-mail address; (C) inputting a first delimiter and substituting the at-sign symbol (@) for the first delimiter; (D) appending the at-sign symbol (@)to the first text field of the field designed to hold the E-mail address; (E) inputting a second set of text characters associated with a second text field of the field designed to hold the E-mail address; (F) inputting a second delimiter and substituting a period symbol (.) for the second delimiter; (G) appending the period symbol (.) to the second text field of the field designed to hold the E-mail address; and (H) inputting a third set of text characters associated with a third text field of the field designed to hold the E-mail address.