Method, system, and program for checking contact information

• US 20060129543A1
• Filed: 02/09/2006
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cary Lee Bates, John M. Santosuosso, Paul Reuben Day
• Original Assignee: Cary Lee Bates, John M. Santosuosso, Paul Reuben Day
• Inventors: Day, Paul Reuben, Bates, Cary Lee, Santosuosso, John Matthew
• Application Number:
  US11/351,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20060129543A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition

Abstract

Provided is a computer implemented method, system, and program for checking text in an electronic document. Words in the text are scanned and parsed. For each set of one or more scanned and parsed words, a determination is made of whether one or more words form a contact phrase providing information to identify or address a person or entity. After one contact phrase is scanned, contact information is accessed including contact phrases. The contact information is searched to determine if the scanned contact phrase matches contact phrases in the searched contact information.

Claims

1. A method for checking contact phrases providing information to identify or address a person or entity in a contact record in a computer readable address book, comprising:

accessing one contact phrase in one of the contact records in the address book;

submitting a search request to a computer readable directory over a network, wherein the directory provides searchable contact information including contact phrases on persons or entities, wherein the search request determines whether the accessed contact phrase from one contact record matches one contact phrase in the directory;

receiving search result information from the directory; and

providing the capability to use the received search result information to update one or more contact phrases in one contact record of the address book.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessed contact phrase submitted with the search request comprises a contact name and wherein the received search results includes one or more contact addresses, further comprising:

determining whether the returned contact addresses matches contact phrases in the contact record including the accessed contact name; and

providing information indicating that the contact phrases in the contact record do not match returned contact addresses from the directory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessed contact phrase submitted with the search request comprises one contact address from the contact record, wherein the received search results includes one contact name, further comprising:

determining whether the returned contact name matches a name contact phrase in the contact record including the accessed contact address; and

providing information indicating that the contact address in the contact record does not match the returned contact address from the directory.

4. A system for checking contact phrases providing information to identify or address a person or entity in a contact record in a computer readable address book, comprising:

a computer;

a computer readable medium including the address book and a computer program, wherein the computer program causes the computer to perform;

(i) accessing one contact phrase in one of the contact records in the address book;

(ii) submitting a search request to a computer readable directory over a network, wherein the directory provides searchable contact information including contact phrases on persons or entities, wherein the search request determines whether the accessed contact phrase from one contact record matches one contact phrase in the directory;

(iii) receiving search result information from the directory; and

(iv) providing the capability to use the received search result information to update one or more contact phrases in one contact record of the address book.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the accessed contact phrase submitted with the search request comprises a contact name and wherein the received search results includes one or more contact addresses, wherein the computer program is further capable of causing the computer to perform:

determining whether the returned contact addresses matches contact phrases in the contact record including the accessed contact name; and

providing information indicating that the contact phrases in the contact record do not match returned contact addresses from the directory.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the accessed contact phrase submitted with the search request comprises one contact address from the contact record, wherein the received search results includes one contact name, wherein the computer program is further capable of causing the computer to perform:

determining whether the returned contact name matches a name contact phrase in the contact record including the accessed contact address; and

providing information indicating that the contact address in the contact record does not match the returned contact address from the directory.

7. A program for checking contact phrases providing information to identify or address a person or entity in a contact record in a computer readable address book, wherein the program is implemented in a computer readable medium capable of causing a computer to perform:

accessing one contact phrase in one of the contact records in the address book;

submitting a search request to a computer readable directory over a network, wherein the directory provides searchable contact information including contact phrases on persons or entities, wherein the search request determines whether the accessed contact phrase from one contact record matches one contact phrase in the directory;

receiving search result information from the directory; and

providing the capability to use the received search result information to update one or more contact phrases in one contact record of the address book.

8. The program of claim 7, wherein the accessed contact phrase submitted with the search request comprises a contact name, wherein the received search results includes one or more contact addresses, and wherein the program is further capable of causing the computer to perform:

determining whether the returned contact addresses matches contact phrases in the contact record including the accessed contact name; and

providing information indicating that the contact phrases in the contact record do not match returned contact addresses from the directory.

9. The program of claim 7, wherein the accessed contact phrase submitted with the search request comprises one contact address from the contact record, wherein the received search results includes one contact name, and wherein the program is further capable of causing the computer to perform:

determining whether the returned contact name matches a name contact phrase in the contact record including the accessed contact address; and

providing information indicating that the contact address in the contact record does not match the returned contact address from the directory.