Entering contacts in a communication message on a mobile device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorRafal Rybak
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to enter and validate contact addresses when composing a message on a mobile device. The user may access at least one of a local contact address data store and a remote contact address data store when entering and validating contact addresses.
Claims20
A method of contact address entry for messages composed on a computing device, the method comprising:
- detecting entry of a contact address in an address field in a message;
- checking a data store for a stored contact address that matches the entered contact address;
- and
- after determining that there is no stored contact address that matches the entered contact address,
- identifying at least one stored contact address in the data store where for each identified stored contact address, the entered contact address contains at least one of a misspelling or a transposing of characters of the identified stored contact address, and
- displaying the at least one identified stored contact address in a user interface.
A computing device configured to receive contact address entries for messages, the computing device comprising:
- a processor, a memory, and a user interface;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- detect entry of a contact address in an address field in a message;
- check a data store for a stored contact address that matches the entered contact address;
- and
- after determining that there is no stored contact address that matches the entered contact address,
- identify at least one stored contact address in the data store where for each identified stored contact address, the entered contact address contains at least one of a misspelling or a transposing of characters of the identified stored contact address, and
- display the at least one identified stored contact address in the user interface.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor of a computing device, the instructions for implementing a method of contact address entry for messages composed on the computing device, wherein the instructions configure the processor to:
- detect entry of a contact address in an address field in a message;
- check a data store for a stored contact address that matches the entered contact address;
- and
- after determining that there is no stored contact address that matches the entered contact address,
- identify at least one stored contact address in the data store where for each identified stored contact address, the entered contact address contains at least one of a misspelling or a transposing of characters of the identified stored contact address, and
- display the at least one identified stored contact address in a user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.