Method, System and Computer Readable Medium for Addressing Handling from an Operating System

摘要

A method, system and computer readable medium for information handling within an operating system, including providing a record retrieval program; providing an input device within a window or screen of the operating system and configured to enter an execute command which initiates a record retrieval from local and remote information sources using the record retrieval program; using the record retrieval program to enter first information into search fields provided in the record retrieval program; entering the execute command using the input device after the step of entering the first information; searching, using the record retrieval program, the local and remote information sources for second information associated IM with the first information; and displaying the second information in the record retrieval program, when one of the local and remote information sources includes second information associated with the first information.

主权项

1. A computer readable medium for assisting a computer operator to retrieve contact-related information, from a database, that is related to text in a document, the computer readable medium encoded with program instructions for performing computer processes comprising:
(1) using a first computer program to analyze the document, without direction from the operator, to identify text within the document as first contact-related information; (2) using the first contact-related information and a second computer program to search the database and to locate second contact-related information associated with the first contact-related information; and (3) initiating an operation related to the second contact-related information, wherein processes (1)-(3) require only a single execute command.