Method, System and Computer Readable Medium for Addressing Handling from a Computer Program

• US 20080313159A1
• Filed: 07/29/2008
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arendi S.A.R.L. (Arendi Holding LTD.)
• Original Assignee: Arendi S.A.R.L. (Arendi Holding LTD.)
• Inventors: Hedloy, Atle
• Granted Patent: US 7,917,843 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/968 interface for database querying and retrieval

Abstract

A method, system and computer readable medium for providing for providing a function item, such as a key, button, icon, or menu, tied to a user operation in a computer, whereby a single click on the function item in a window or program on a computer screen, or one single selection in a menu in a program, initiates retrieval of name and addresses and/or other person or company related information, while the user works simultaneously in another program, e.g., a word processor. The click on the function item initiates a program connected to the button to search a database or file available on or through the computer, containing the person, company or address related data, in order to look up data corresponding to what the user types, or partly typed, e.g., name and/or address in the word processor, the correct data from the database, data related to the typed data, e.g., the name of the person, company, or the traditional or electronic address, or other person, or company, or address related data, and alternatively the persons, companies, or addresses, are displayed and possibly entered into the word processor, if such related data exists.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for finding data related to the contents of a document using a computer program running on a computer, the method comprising:

analyzing, in a computer process, the document to identify any first information that can be searched for in order to find second information related to the first information;

retrieving the first information thus identified;

following receipt by the computer program of a user command, searching for the first information, using a second computer program, in order to find second information related to the first information; and

if searching finds any second information related to the first information, performing an operation using the second information.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first information comprises at least one of name-, person-, company- and address-related information.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein performing the operation includes performing an operation in the computer program.

4. A method according to claim 2, wherein performing the operation includes performing an operation in the computer program.

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein performing the operation includes adding the second information to the first information in the document.

6. A method according to claim 3, wherein performing the operation includes displaying the second information.

7. A method according to claim 3, wherein performing the operation includes displaying the second information by the computer program.

8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, providing a prompt for updating the second application to include the first information.

9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, if the search is not successful, providing a prompt for updating a database associated with the second computer program to include the first information.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein receipt by the computer program of the user command precedes analyzing the document.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein analyzing the document is completed after the receipt of the user command is completed and before searching is initiated.

12. A method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a graphical input device for entry of the user command.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the user command is the only command from a user necessary as a condition to initiating performing the operation.

14. A method according to claim 13, further comprising providing a graphical input device for entry of the user command, wherein the input device is a menu, and the entry of the user command includes a user'"'"'s selection of the menu and click on a menu choice from the menu.

15. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, if searching results in a plurality of distinct instances of second information, displaying such instances to enable user selection of one of them for use in performing the operation.

16. A method according to claim 1, wherein a database is associated with the second computer program and is available on the computer.

17. A method according to claim 1, wherein a database is associated with the second computer program and is available through the computer.

18. A computer-implemented method for finding data related to the contents of a document using a computer program running on a computer, the method comprising:

analyzing, in a computer process on the computer, the document to identify any first information that can be searched for in order to find second information related to the first information, and wherein the first information comprises at least one of name-, person-, company-, and address-related information;

providing an input device for entry of a user command, wherein the input device includes a menu,

retrieving the first information thus identified;

following receipt by the computer program of the user command, such user command including a user'"'"'s selection of the menu and click on a menu choice from the menu, searching for the first information, using a second computer program, in order to find second information related to the first information in a user editable information source outside the document; and

if searching finds any second information related to the first information, performing an operation using the second information

wherein performing the operation includes displaying the second information.

19. A method according to claim 18, further comprising, if searching results in a plurality of occurrences of second information, displaying such instances to enable user selection of one of them for use in performing the operation.

20. A method according to claim 18, wherein performing the operation includes adding the second information to the first information in the document.