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Methods for responding to an email message by call from a mobile device

  • US 10,200,322 B1
  • Filed: 01/15/2016
  • Issued: 02/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a client device, a message and corresponding metadata in a first application, the metadata including a call identifier corresponding to a sender of the message;

    displaying the message or information associated with the message in the first application;

    retrieving the call identifier corresponding to the sender of the message from the metadata associated with the message or a contact entry matching the sender from an external source of contact information, wherein the call identifier is not viewable in the displayed message;

    while displaying the message or the information associated with the message in the first application, providing an option to call the sender of the message using the call identifier included in the metadata;

    while displaying the message or the information associated with the message in the first application, enabling user selection of the option to call the sender of the message; and

    in response to a user selection of the option to call the sender of the message, initiating a call to the sender of the message using the call identifier included in the metadata.

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