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Autocomplete for integrating diverse methods of electronic communication

  • US 10,452,763 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2007
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing device comprising:

  • a processor;

    a display; and

    a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

    input logic executed by the processor for receiving an input string in a To address input component of a first user interface used for communicating a message, the To address input component for receiving an address to which the message is to be sent, the input string comprising at least one character;

    display logic executed by the processor for displaying, on the display, a match list in response to receiving the input string, the match list displayed on the display in a second user interface separate from the first user interface, the match list comprising communication addresses associated with a plurality of electronic communication methods including email, text messaging and chat, each communication address comprising the input string,the displayed match list visibly displaying each communication address based on whether each address'"'"' corresponding user is currently online, such that communication addresses for users currently online are displayed with different display characteristics than those communication addresses of users that are not currently online;

    receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving a selection of a first match within said match list displayed within said second user interface, said first match associated with a first communication method and a first communication address;

    address logic executed by the processor for automatically addressing the message to the first communication address in the first user interface in response to said selection of the first match from the match list; and

    transmission logic executed by the processor for configuring the message according to said first communication method and sending the message via the first communication method.

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