Contact picker

US7313760B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Joel Grossman · Petaling Jaya, MY
• Cornelis K. Van Dok · Bellevue, US
• Jonathan David Perlow · San Francisco, US
• Vivien Park · Seattle, US
• Koichi Tsunoda · Redmond, US
• Denise Chen · Tokyo, JP
• Marc A. Silbey · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An interface for enabling a user to quickly access contact information automatically displays a list of expected contacts that are most likely to be selected by the user when attention is directed to a type-in line requiring contact information. When a contact is selected, the corresponding and appropriate contact information is automatically entered into the type-in line. If a user does not select a listed contact, but instead begins manually typing in the contact information then the interface performs a search and displays a list of unexpected contacts having contact information matching the typed input from the user. The interface also provides a menu with additional search options for searching for desired contact information. The additional search options include directory searching and filtered searching. The application hosting the interface can specify the appropriate contact information that it requires.