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Authored by: ws on Sunday, July 08 2012 @ 07:50 PM EDT |
It isn't new either. My Nokia phone has had this functionality for years.
Albeit, you had to scroll to it usjng the cursor keys, but it's there.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 09 2012 @ 12:52 AM EDT |
The classic MS-DOS/PC-DOS TSR utility "SideKick" published by Borland
corporation in the early to mid 1980s had many functions that could be invoked
on top of whatever application users were running on their PC. One of those
features (at least in some versions) was the ability to select a phone number
from the unstructured 80x25 character display output of the arbitrary running
application and dial that number for you (using any Hayes compatible modem
connected to the computer and phone in the ordinary way).
Now there is a potential piece of prior art worth considering.
P.S.
This is based on vague recollections of the time, I have not used any of the
software in questions for more than a decade, but it should be readily
obtainable by interested parties. For demonstration purposes, use an old
"luggable" PC with an internal modem installed and an Ericafon handset
on top for comical relief. Alternatively investigate if any early analog
cellphone model could work with it.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 09 2012 @ 12:21 PM EDT |
<blockquote>I think the issue is in recognizing patterns in unstructured
text and forming a
link from the plain text based on the context . Ie a document with a phone
number and an email address would detect what each was and offer the user
appropriate actions when they tap it.
Still trivial, but not quite the same as using text with links built
in.</blockquote>This feature has been in word processors and email
programs for ages.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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