Utilizing the contents of a message
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for utilizing, in a device having several different applications, information contained in a character-based message, which method comprisesreceiving a character-based message, displaying the received message to the user, wherein the method comprisesallowing the user to point out a position in the received message, searching for a certain character combination in the received message in the proximity of the position pointed out by the user, upon finding the character combination, detecting the usability, in one of the applications of said applications, of the character combination found in the received message, and based upon the detection generating a command for activating said application and for using the information contained in said character combination found in the received message in said application.
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Abstract
The scope of the present invention is a device and a method for the utilizing of information contained in a character-based message in a device having several different applications. In the method a character-based message is received, and the message is displayed to the user. The user is allowed to point out a position in the message, whereby a certain character combination is searched for in the message in the proximity of the position pointed out by the user. Upon finding the character combination, the usability, in one of the applications of said applications, of the character combination found in the message is recognized, and based upon the recognition a command is generated for activating said application and for using the information contained in said character combination found in the message in said application.
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1. A method for utilizing, in a device having several different applications, information contained in a character-based message, which method comprises
receiving a character-based message, displaying the received message to the user, wherein the method comprises allowing the user to point out a position in the received message, searching for a certain character combination in the received message in the proximity of the position pointed out by the user, upon finding the character combination, detecting the usability, in one of the applications of said applications, of the character combination found in the received message, and based upon the detection generating a command for activating said application and for using the information contained in said character combination found in the received message in said application.
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7. A device for handling applications, comprising
a processor (30) for controlling several different applications, a memory (60) for storing applications as software, means (10, 51, 70) for receiving character-based messages, and a display (10) for presenting the character-based message to the user, wherein the device further comprises means (12, 20) for allowing the user to point out a position in the message, searching means (50, 51) for searching for a certain character combination in said character-based message in the proximity of the position pointed out by the user, detection means (50, 51) for detecting, in response to said searching means finding said character combination, the usability of said character combination found in the message for use in one of the applications of said applications, and means (50, 56) for generating a command (57) based upon the detection by said detection means, for activating said application (52-55) and for utilizing in said application the information contained in the character combination found in the message.
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