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System and method for storing electronic contact information into an electronic address book

  • US 6,349,299 B1
  • Filed: 06/01/1999
  • Issued: 02/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for storing selected electronic contact information into a record of a contact database comprising:

  • a selection module that permits a user to select electronic contact information;

    an initiation module that enables a user to initiate parsing of the selected electronic contact information into fields of a record for storage in the contact database;

    a parsing module that dynamically parses the electronic contact information and assigns the parsed portions to fields of a record for storage in the contact database;

    a storage module that stores the parsed electronic contact information in the assigned fields in a record of the contact database;

    a recognized field extraction module that extracts recognized portions of the selected electronic contact information and assigns the recognized portions to corresponding recognized fields from a record of the contact database;

    a remaining field assignment module that assigns the remaining selected electronic contact information into fields from the record of the contact database according to a predetermined order of assignment; and

    a field array generation module that generates an array of field values from the selected electronic contact information.

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