System and method of processing text based entries
First Claim
1. A system for identifying text information and making the text information available for one or more applications, said system comprising:
- a vehicle consumer services interface;
an electronic device communicating text information to the vehicle consumer services interface via a wireless link, wherein the electronic device comprises personal digital assistant functionality;
an application for performing a function;
memory provided in the vehicle consumer services interface for storing a text format database comprising pro forma text formats that define known text formats, wherein the pro forma text formats comprise patterns of predefined characters; and
a processor provided in the vehicle consumer services interface for processing the text information, said processor comparing the text information to the known pro forma text formats to recognize a character pattern of the text information and determining a text format of the text information, wherein the processor tags the text information according to the determined text format based on an XML schema and makes the tagged text information available to the application.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for identifying text information and making such information available for applications. The system includes an electronic device communicating text information and an application for performing a function. The system also includes memory storing known text formats and a processor for processing the text information. The processor compares the text information to the known text formats and determines a text format of the text information. The processor also tags the text information according to the determined text format and further makes the tagged text information available to one or more applications.
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1. A system for identifying text information and making the text information available for one or more applications, said system comprising:
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a vehicle consumer services interface; an electronic device communicating text information to the vehicle consumer services interface via a wireless link, wherein the electronic device comprises personal digital assistant functionality; an application for performing a function; memory provided in the vehicle consumer services interface for storing a text format database comprising pro forma text formats that define known text formats, wherein the pro forma text formats comprise patterns of predefined characters; and a processor provided in the vehicle consumer services interface for processing the text information, said processor comparing the text information to the known pro forma text formats to recognize a character pattern of the text information and determining a text format of the text information, wherein the processor tags the text information according to the determined text format based on an XML schema and makes the tagged text information available to the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of identifying text information and making the text information available for one or more applications, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a vehicle consumer services interface comprising memory and a processor; communicating text information from an electronic device to the vehicle consumer services interface via a wireless link, wherein the electronic device comprises personal digital assistant functionality; providing an application for performing one or more functions; storing known pro forma text formats in a text format database in the memory, wherein the pro forma text formats comprise patterns of predefined characters; providing text information made available by the electronic device; and wherein the processor performs step of processing the text information, including comparing the text information to the stored known pro forma text formats to recognize a character pattern of the text information and determining a text format of the text information, tagging the text information according to the determined text format based on an XML schema, and making the tagged text information available to one or more applications. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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