Patent Document ID: 9508028
Application ID: 14495741

Base Claim:
1. A method for use by a mobile computing or telecommunications device, for converting text strings input by a user into digit strings, the method comprising: receiving from the user at least one text string input from a keyboard of the mobile device, wherein the at least one text string includes one or more numerical text strings; automatically detecting the one or more numerical text strings within the at least one text string; automatically converting the one or more numerical text strings into one or more digit strings; identifying a keyword or keyword phrase proximate to the one or more digit strings within the one or more numerical text strings; and formatting the one or more digit strings based on the identified keyword or keyword phrase.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically replacing the detected one or more numerical text strings with the digit strings in real-time or near real-time.