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Method and apparatus for generating a new event directly from a document

  • US 8,819,034 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2005
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a temporal expression in an electronic message;

    generating a user-selectable hyperlink corresponding with the temporal expression which was identified;

    displaying a body of the electronic message in response to the identifying, the body including the hyperlink;

    receiving, during the displaying of the body, an input that indicates selection of the hyperlink;

    displaying a data entry interface based on receipt of the input, the data entry interface configured with a temporal field that is populated with the temporal expression;

    receiving, during the displaying of the data entry interface, another input that indicates acceptance of information in the data entry interface, the information including the temporal expression; and

    storing, in response to the another input, an event based on the information.

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