摘要 |
A symbol for establishing a telephone call, has the following characteristics: (a) the symbol appears on a computer display; (b) a user can select and activate the symbol, which causes computer software associated with they symbol to activate telecommunications equipment which establishes the telephone call; (c) the symbol is "portable", in that a user can cause it to be moved from any one of the following locations: (i) an Internet web page, (ii) an email message, (iii) a window associated with a computer program, (iv) a file directory folder, (v) and electronic form, (vi) a computer data storage medium, (vii) the user's operating system "desktop", (viii) a personal digital assistant, Wireless Application Protocol phone or other mobile computing device; to one of the following locations: (I) the user's operating "desktop", (II) an email message, (III) a window associated with a computer program, (IV) a file directory folder, (V) an electronic form, (VI) a computer data storage medium, (VII) an Internet web page, (VIII) a personal digital assistant, Wireless Application Protocol phone or other mobile computing device: (d) when the symbol is moved from one location to another, computer software and data associated with the symbol is copied to the new location together with the symbol, the computer software and data being sufficient to facilitate the establishment of a telephone call.
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