Method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone and mobile phone enabling a communication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- processing content of an application displayed on a display of a mobile phone;
determining from the processing of the content that part of the content is a first contact information and registering identification of the first contact information by the mobile phone, the first contact information being one of a phone number, fax number, or an email address;
determining that two or more communication functions are associated with the first contact information, wherein each of the communication functions is of a different communication type;
based on the determined communication functions, causing display of two or more icons, each of the icons representative of one of the determined communication functions; and
responsive to receiving user selection of one of the two or more icons, registering the user selection in the mobile phone and activating a communication function of the corresponding communication type to and using the first contact information.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone. In order to enable a comfortable creation of communications during a context of a mobile phone provided by a conventionally static application, it is proposed that the method comprises as a first step displaying information available for a specific content on a display of the mobile phone. In a next step, it is detected whether a user selected a displayed information. In case an information is selected, the kind of the selected information is determined. Then, functions associated to the kind of the selected information are presented on the display. To at least one kind of possible information the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function. Finally, a function selected by a user is activated. The invention relates equally to a corresponding mobile phone.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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processing content of an application displayed on a display of a mobile phone; determining from the processing of the content that part of the content is a first contact information and registering identification of the first contact information by the mobile phone, the first contact information being one of a phone number, fax number, or an email address; determining that two or more communication functions are associated with the first contact information, wherein each of the communication functions is of a different communication type; based on the determined communication functions, causing display of two or more icons, each of the icons representative of one of the determined communication functions; and responsive to receiving user selection of one of the two or more icons, registering the user selection in the mobile phone and activating a communication function of the corresponding communication type to and using the first contact information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17)
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3. A mobile phone comprising:
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at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the mobile phone to at least; process content of an application displayed on a display; determine from the processing of the content that part of the content is a first contact information and register identification of the first contact information, the first contact information being one of a phone number, fax number, or an email address; determine that two or more communication functions are associated with the first contact information, wherein each of the communication functions is of a different communication type; based on the determined communication functions, cause two or more icons, each of the icons representative of one of the determined communication functions, to be displayed on the display; and responsive to receiving user selection of one of the two or more icons, register the user selection and activate a communication function of the corresponding communication type to and using the first contact information. - View Dependent Claims (4, 9, 15, 18)
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5. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least; process content of an application displayed on a display; determine from the processing of the content that part of the content is a first contact information and register identification of the first contact information, the first contact information being one of a phone number, fax number, or an email address; determine that two or more communication functions are associated with the first contact information, wherein each of the communication functions is of a different communication type; based on the determined communication functions, cause two or more icons, each of the icons representative of one of the determined communication functions, to be displayed on the display; and responsive to receiving user selection of one of the two or more icons, register the user selection and activate a communication function of the corresponding communication type to and using the first contact information. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 10, 13, 16)
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