Patent ID: 8392390

Claim:
One or more device-readable storage memories or disks that store executable instructions to assist a user in authoring a message, wherein the instructions, when executed by a device, cause the device to perform acts comprising: receiving, at said device from said user, a search query; obtaining, from a service remote to said device, results in response to said search query; receiving, from said user, a request to create text based on information that exists on said device; in response to said request, creating, based on said information, proposed text that comprises a noun and a first verb, said information that exists on said device and on which said proposed text is based comprising said results; providing, to said user, a first interface that allows said user to replace said first verb with a second verb that is distinct from said first verb; receiving, from said user, a selection of said second verb to replace said first verb, thereby creating modified text that comprises said proposed text with said second verb in place of said first verb; deriving, from said results, a plurality of phrases; providing, to said user, a second interface that allows said user to select one of said plurality of phrases to be added to said modified text; including, in said modified text, said one of said plurality of phrases and a link to one of said results; and communicating said modified text from said device to a location remote from said device.