IDENTIFYING COMMONALITIES BETWEEN CONTACTS
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1. A method comprising:
- selecting a plurality of items to be merged and aggregated;
merging the selected items and identifying at least one attribute that is common to the selected items; and
displaying the at least one common attribute as a selectable object, wherein each object can be selected and activated to provide more details on at least one common attribute.
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Abstract
A method includes selecting a plurality of entities to be merged and aggregated, merging the selected entities and identifying at least one common feature between the selected entities, and providing a view of objects linked to the commonalities identified, wherein the objects can be selected and activated to provide more details on the selected commonality.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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selecting a plurality of items to be merged and aggregated; merging the selected items and identifying at least one attribute that is common to the selected items; and displaying the at least one common attribute as a selectable object, wherein each object can be selected and activated to provide more details on at least one common attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a controller; an input device coupled to the controller; a display coupled to the controller; and a processor coupled to the controller, wherein the processor is configured to; mark one or more items selected from an application; merge the marked items into a group; search the marked items for at least one area of commonality; identify the at least one area of commonality; and allow an application to be launched by selecting the at least one area of commonality, the application be related to the at least one area of commonality. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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means for marking one or more items selected from an application; means for merging the marked items into a group; means for searching the marked items for at least one area of commonality; means for identifying the at least one area of commonality; and means for launching an application associated with the at least one area of commonality. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A computer program product embodied in memory of a device comprising:
a computer useable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to identify attributes common to a group, the computer readable code means in the computer program product comprising; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to mark item selected from a group; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to merge the marked items into a search group; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to search each item in the group for attributes that are common to each item; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display results of the search to a user; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to execute an application associated with at least one of the search results when a link to a common attribute is selected. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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