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Providing suggested actions in response to textual communications

  • US 8,166,019 B1
  • Filed: 07/21/2008
  • Issued: 04/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of performing an action in response to identifying information within a textual communication, the method comprising:

  • receiving the textual communication, wherein the textual communication does not originate from an electronic calendar;

    identifying a physical location within the textual communication;

    identifying temporal information within the textual communication;

    determining that the physical location and the temporal information matches a template for travel reservations;

    retrieving travel reservation information that has the physical location as a destination and an arrival time based on the temporal information;

    displaying a user interface to a recipient of the textual communication that allows the recipient to make travel reservations using the travel reservation information;

    receiving, from the recipient, an indication to make the travel reservations; and

    automatically facilitating the making of the travel reservations, wherein the reservations are not made by a program receiving the textual communication.

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