Displaying telephone numbers as active objects
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1. A method of displaying telephone numbers by a client computer, the method performed within the client computer and comprising, before displaying data units:
- scanning the data units for telephone numbers automatically identifying the telephone numbers within the data units when the telephone numbers are displayed as part of displays of the data units, causing the telephone numbers to have a display attribute which renders the telephone numbers conspicuous to a user.
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Abstract
There are disclosed methods and apparatus for displaying telephone numbers. Before displaying data units, the data units are scanned for telephone numbers. The telephone numbers are automatically identified within the data units. When the telephone numbers are displayed as part of displays of the data units, the telephone numbers are caused to have a display attribute which renders the telephone numbers conspicuous to a user.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of displaying telephone numbers by a client computer, the method performed within the client computer and comprising, before displaying data units:
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scanning the data units for telephone numbers automatically identifying the telephone numbers within the data units when the telephone numbers are displayed as part of displays of the data units, causing the telephone numbers to have a display attribute which renders the telephone numbers conspicuous to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A client computer for displaying telephone numbers, the client computer comprising:
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a user input device a display device a processor a memory wherein the processor and the memory comprise circuits and software for scanning data units for telephone numbers before displaying the data units automatically identifying the telephone numbers within the data units when the telephone numbers are displayed as part of displays of the data units, causing the telephone numbers to have a display attribute which renders the telephone numbers conspicuous to a user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein operable in a processor for conspicuously displaying telephone numbers, the computer program comprising computer readable code for causing the processor to:
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scan the data units for telephone numbers automatically identify the telephone numbers within the data units when the telephone numbers are displayed as part of displays of the data units, cause the telephone numbers to have a display attribute which renders the telephone numbers conspicuous to a user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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