Automated conversion of contact names and locations in incoming messages into action links

摘要

The text of an incoming message may be scanned for language that matches in whole or in part the name of a stored contact and/or information indicative of a stored location. Each identified instance of language may be converted into a link. When actuated, the link may initiate an action relating to the information to which the identified language was matched, such as to call or send an email to a matching contact or to show a map of or navigating instructions to the location indicated by matching location language. When the identified language matches multiple contacts or is indicative of multiple locations, actuation of the link may result in the display of a menu of all of the matches so that the desired one can be selected. A list of possible actions may also be provided.

主权项

1. A user terminal, comprising:
a processor; a messaging system configured to receive messages, each message being of a type selected from the list of: an email, an instant message, a short message service (SMS) message, and a multimedia service (MMS) message; a contact identification system configured to identify language in the text of a message that matches a contact name in a contact storage system; and a link conversion system configured to convert each respective identified instance of language into a link that, when actuated, initiates an action relating to the contact name that matched the respective identified instance of language, wherein at least one of the links is configured to cause a list of selectable actions for the matched contact name to be displayed when actuated.