System and method for the insertion and extraction of telephone numbers from a wireless text message

A communication device for the detection and extraction of telephone numbers from a text message received by the communication device in a wireless communication system, the communication device comprising:

• a receiver for receiving a text message including a predetermined first delimiter;
• a display for displaying at least a portion of said received text message;
• and
• a text parser for analyzing said received text message and for extracting therefrom a text data portion in response to said first delimiter, and for generating a call-back telephone number corresponding to said text data portion.

A system for the insertion and extraction of a call-back telephone number in an alphanumeric text message, the system comprising:

• a message generator for generating said alphanumeric text message for transmission to a communication device, said alphanumeric text message including a first text delimiter for delimiting a text data portion corresponding to said call-back telephone number;
• a transmitter for transmitting said alphanumeric text message to said communication device;
• a receiver in said communication device for receiving said alphanumeric text message from said transmitter;
• a display in said communication device for displaying at least a portion of said received alphanumeric text message;
• and
• a text parser for analyzing said received alphanumeric text message and for extracting therefrom said text data portion in response to said first delimiter, and for generating a call-back telephone number corresponding to said text data portion.

A method for the detection and extraction of telephone numbers from a text message received by a communication device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, in said communication device, a text message including a predetermined first delimiter;
• displaying at least a portion of said received text message on a display;
• and
• extracting from said received text message a text data portion in response to said first delimiter, said extracted text data portion corresponding to a telephone number.

A method for the insertion and extraction of dialable call-back telephone numbers in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

• generating a text message for transmission to a communication device, said text message including a first text delimiter to delimit a text data portion corresponding to a call-back telephone number;
• transmitting said text message to said communication device;
• receiving, at said communication device, said text message;
• displaying at least a portion of said received text message on a display;
• extracting said text data portion from said received text message in response to said first delimiter;
• and
• generating a call-back telephone number corresponding to said extracted text data portion.